Governor Announced That About Half a Million of Cannabis-Related Convictions Have Been Expunged

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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