Sorry Michigan…It’s not you
Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced that state officials in 2020 expunged the criminal records of an estimated half-million Illinois citizens previously convicted for marijuana-related crimes.
The Governor said that the pace of the expungement process was well ahead of schedule. He also announced having personally pardoned over 20,000 low-level cannabis conviction records

More States with Expungements
- California *
- Colorado
- Delaware
- Hawaii
- Illinois *
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Michigan (LOL)
- New Hampshire **
- New Jersey *
- Nevada ***
- New York *
- North Dakota ****
- Oregon
- Vermont *
- Virginia ***
- Washington
* | Automatic expungement process. |
** | Annulment process available for certain offenders. |
*** | Certain marijuana-related convictions may be sealed. |
**** | Those with certain convictions may be eligible for unconditional pardons from a state advisory board |
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