Legal weed: Should past crimes be cleared?

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When weed is legal, should past crimes be cleared?

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Why there's debate: Proponents of these measures argue that people shouldn't continue to be punishedfor having committed acts that are no longer illegal in their states. Some also make the case for expunging records on social justice grounds, given the significant racial imbalance among those who are convicted of drug crimes.

Opponents of the idea argue that the convictions should stand because the offenses were crimes at the time they were committed. There is also, of course, significant resistance to marijuana legalization in general.

 

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Yes! But without any law suite against the city/state

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