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Brooklyn, New York’s Top Prosecutor Opens Door for Expungement of Pot Convictions

Loaded on Nov. 6, 2018 by Derek Gilna published in Criminal Legal News November, 2018, page 41
Filed under: Criminal justice system reform, Prosecutors. Location: New York.

by Derek Gilna

Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez has announced that he will accept applications from thousands of individuals to erase their low-level marijuana convictions in a program unveiled in September 2018. He said his office has already ceased prosecuting people accused of possessing small amounts of pot. …

 

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