San Francisco to Expunge Over 9,000 Marijuana Related Convictions
It's over 9,000 and no its not about Dragonball Z references. District Attorney George Gascón announced more than 9,300 marijuana-related convictions would be expunged or re-sentenced.
The San Francisco District Attorney Made This Announcement Monday
It’s over 9,000 and no its not about Dragonball Z references. District Attorney George Gascón announced more than 9,300 marijuana-related convictions would be expunged or re-sentenced.
According to the San Franciso Chronicle Gascón’s office used an advanced open-source computer algorithm to identify cases that were eligible for expungement. It has been three years since California has fully legalized recreational marijuana.
“It’s incumbent that we, as law enforcement leaders, continue to evolve how we advance fairness and public safety in our respective communities. I hope that our success with Code for America can act as a catalyst for other leaders looking to engage in similar innovative and out-of-the-box methods to reform and rethink what our criminal justice system looks like.” – George Gascón
Code for America a nonprofit advocacy group assisted with identifying the people who were eligible. The cases go as far back to 1975.
In the coming weeks, Gascón will present the cases to a judge to be approved. Other states who have done this are Oregon and Colorado.
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