Potential Law to Allow Expungement of Marijuana-Related Criminal Charges

On February 3, 2017, freshman House Representative La Shawn K. Ford introduced Illinois House Bill 2367, designed to allow people to ask for expungement of some convictions for possession of marijuana or related paraphernalia.[1]  This Bill provides that “a petitioner may petition a circuit court to expunge records of a conviction or plea of guilty …

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