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Missouri’s first marijuana expungement cases laying the groundwork for reform

Thursday, January 19, 2023 at 12:00 AM

HARRISONVILLE, Mo. — A Cass County courtroom could be one of the first places in the state to let someone out of prison by expunging a previous marijuana conviction.

Previous convictions for people who have already finished sentences or have past felony and misdemeanor charges are automatically deleted over the course of the year, according to the language in the Amendment Missouri voters passed in 2022.

But people who are in prison, on parole, or on probation have to file a petition to have the court expunge their case, which introduces procedures that might not be explicitly defined.

The entire article is available at ozarksfirst.com.

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