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Pot dealers could see records expunged, too, Foxx says as she announces plan to erase thousands of minor convictions
I hope this will start an effort to help the bros out there
"Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx announced a sweeping plan Tuesday to
automatically expunge tens or hundreds of thousands of minor marijuana cases — but her efforts to reform how her office handles marijuana cases go far beyond petty possession.
In an interview with the Chicago Sun-Times,
Foxx said she is also considering wiping clean the records of some convicted weed dealers and individuals caught with more marijuana than will be legally allowed — 30 grams, or just over an ounce — when the prohibition on pot is lifted at the start of next year. Under the pot legalization measure, convictions for possession of up to 500 grams of cannabis and sales of up to 30 grams of marijuana can be cleared, too.
Foxx’s plan to automatically expunge records will be for those convicted of possessing under 30 grams. Her office is teaming with a San Francisco-based nonprofit, Code for America, to erase “tens of thousands” of minor convictions for cannabis possession, which will be prioritized first. Foxx said her office has already stopped prosecuting these low-level marijuana cases, noting that individuals are either having their cases dismissed or being assigned to the deferred prosecution program, which generally results in charges being dropped after meeting certain conditions."