L.A. County Dist. Atty. Jackie Lacey moves to wipe 66,000 marijuana convictions

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Esto significa que 22,000 personas ya no tienen delitos graves en sus registros en California y 15,000 ya no tienen antecedentes penales.

that disproportionately targeted people of color years after California voters legalized weed.

“What this does is correct that inequity of the past,” Lacey said in an interview. “It gives them a start, a new start.

Before the move, people had to petition the court on their own, but the process was time-consuming and cumbersome. Not many people even tried.Prosecutors said decades of drug enforcement disproportionately targeted minorities. Studies have shown that people of color are more likely to be arrested and punished in connection with marijuana offenses, even though whites, blacks and Latinos use and sell marijuana at similar rates.

 

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