Chicago Prosecutors Erase Thousands of Cannabis Convictions

Chicago Prosecutors Erase Thousands of Cannabis Convictions
A woman smokes in New York City on March 31, 2021. Kena Betancur/AFP via Getty Images
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Chicago prosecutors on Wednesday announced that over 15,000 cannabis convictions have been expunged.

Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx, the state’s top prosecutor, said her office would expunge an additional 214 cannabis cases this week, bringing the total number of cannabis convictions removed from the record since December 2019 to 15,191.

Isabel van Brugen
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Isabel van Brugen is an award-winning journalist. She holds a master's in newspaper journalism from City, University of London.
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