Rhode Island's top judicial official has released new guidance on expunging marijuana records under a legalization law that was enacted last year.
State Supreme Court Chief Justice Paul Suttell issued an executive order on Friday that lays out the policies and procedures for identifying and clearing the records of people with prior misdemeanor and felony cannabis possession offenses.
The legalization law's expungement provisions recognize "the significant negative impact upon individuals previously convicted or civilly violated for low level, non-violent offenses for possession of marijuana," the order says.
The Superior and District Courts and the Traffic Tribunal will...
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