https://www.hardocp.com/news/2019/0...orithm_to_dismiss_9362_marijuana_convictions/
Good on CA for reversing some of the wrongs the state has done over the years.
But with drugs it pretty much is a life sentence as you are effectively barred from many things that might keep you from returning to crime, including housing, employment, and education."If you are the mom or dad who wants to participate in the kids' school activities and they're being told you can't go to that field trip because you have a felony conviction because you sold a nickel bag in the Tenderloin 10 years ago, that's the people that we care about," said Gascon. "Contact with the criminal justice system should not be a life sentence, so we've been working to reimagine the record clearance process," Jennifer Pahlka, Code for America founder and executive director, said in a statement."This new approach, which is both innovative and common sense, changes the scale and speed of justice and has the potential to ignite change across the country."
Good on CA for reversing some of the wrongs the state has done over the years.