11017 Illinois Marijuana Pardons

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Charge:	Drug Related (marijuana possession)
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Year Cleared:	2019
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Illinois
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Result:	Pardoned
Summary of Case:	"Illinois Governor J. B. Pritzker granted 11,017 pardons on December 31, 2019 to people who had been convicted of low-level marijuana (cannabis) convictions. Pritzker's pardons were granted one day before a new Illinois law was to go into effect on January 1, 2020 making cannabis legal in the state for people 21 and older. Illinois' new Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act took which took effect on January 1, allows people to automatically receive clemency for convictions up to 30 grams of cannabis. All of the pardoned people had been convicted of a marijuana related misdemeanor offense that is no longer a crime in Illinois. The pardons can make it easier for a person to get a job and housing."
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Innocence Proved By:	"On December 31, 2019 Illinois Governor J. B. Pritzker granted 11,017 pardons to people who had been convicted of misdemeanor marijuana (cannabis) only convictions that involved no violence."
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Information Source 1:	"Beginning First Wave of Cannabis Expungements, Gov. Pritzker Grants 11,017 Pardons for Low-Level Convictions, Press Release, Office of the Illinois Governor, December 31, 2019"
Information Location 1:	https://www2.illinois.gov/Pages/news-item.aspx?ReleaseID=20988
Information Source 2:	"Illinois governor pardons more than 11,000 people for low-level pot offenses, By Ray Sanchez, CNN.com, December 31, 2019"
Information Location 2:	https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/31/us/illinois-governor-marijuana-conviction-pardons/index.html
Information Source 3:	"Illinois is expunging marijuana convictions from nearly 800,000 criminal records, By Ryan Prior, CNN.com, June 27, 2019"
Information Location 3:	https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/27/us/illinois-expunging-marijuana-convictions-trnd/index.html
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11017 Illinois Marijuana Pardons

Charge:

Drug Related (marijuana possession)

Sentence:

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

Year Cleared:

2019

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Illinois

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Result:

Pardoned

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"On December 31, 2019 Illinois Governor J. B. Pritzker granted 11,017 pardons to people who had been convicted of misdemeanor marijuana (cannabis) only convictions that involved no violence."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Skin/Ethnicity:

Information Source 1:

"Beginning First Wave of Cannabis Expungements, Gov. Pritzker Grants 11,017 Pardons for Low-Level Convictions, Press Release, Office of the Illinois Governor, December 31, 2019"

Information Location 1:

https://www2.illinois.gov/Pages/news-item.aspx?ReleaseID=20988

Information Source 2:

"Illinois governor pardons more than 11,000 people for low-level pot offenses, By Ray Sanchez, CNN.com, December 31, 2019"

Information Location 2:

https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/31/us/illinois-governor-marijuana-conviction-pardons/index.html

Information Source 3:

"Illinois is expunging marijuana convictions from nearly 800,000 criminal records, By Ryan Prior, CNN.com, June 27, 2019"

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https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/27/us/illinois-expunging-marijuana-convictions-trnd/index.html

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