Criminal convictions stretching as far back as 1975 will be overturned in an attempt to heal some of the damage of America’s decades-long war on drugs.
Prosecutors in Los Angeles will dismiss around 58,000 cannabis convictions in an attempt to “reverse the injustice” of America’s decades-long war on drugs.
Los Angeles County district attorney George Gascón said on Monday that his office would expunge the convictions of tens of thousands of people found guilty of cannabis-related offences before California legalised the drug in 2018.
It brings the total number of convictions dismissed in LA County to around 125,000, following another 66,000 which were expunged last year.
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