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Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) closed out 2020 by expunging nearly 500,000 non-felony cannabis-related records, an action mandated by Illinois\u2019 marijuana legalization law that went into effect a year ago.<\/p>\n

As part of the action, the governor also pardoned 9,219 low-level cannabis conviction records, part of the state\u2019s efforts to repair the damage inflicted by the war on drugs \u2015 primarily on residents of color.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will never be able to fully remedy the depth of the damage in communities of color, who have disproportionately shouldered this burden,\u201d Pritzker said Thursday in a statement announcing the expungements. \u201cBut we can govern with the courage to admit the mistakes of our past \u2014 and the decency to set a better path forward.\u201d<\/p>\n

Illinois\u2019 Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act, which legalized cannabis in the state, required the government to expunge 47,000 cannabis-related arrest records created between 2013 and 2019 by Jan. 1, 2021.<\/p>\n

In a unique twist, the law also created a program that reinvests 25% of cannabis tax revenue into a fund for youth development, anti-violence programs, re-entry programs, economic development and civil legal aid services for \u201cR3 communities\u201d \u2015 those dealing with high rates of gun violence, child poverty and incarceration rates.<\/p>\n

With Thursday\u2019s action, the state also met a separate January 2025 deadline to expunge all 492,192 state-level records.<\/p>\n

However, only nine of the state\u2019s 201 counties have finished clearing their own non-felony cannabis-related arrest records.<\/p>\n

In a statement to the Chicago Sun-Times, state Sen. Majority Leader Kimberly Lightford (D) said the expungements are encouraging, yet ultimately incremental.<\/p>\n

\u201cDismantling decades\u2019 worth of criminal justice atrocities will take years. That\u2019s evidenced by how this country handles cannabis,\u201d she said. \u201cWe must never stop chipping away at that painful history. I\u2019m proud of these critical first steps.\u201d<\/p>\n

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