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This is great first step, but they should be automatically expunging the records as well instead of requiring 175,000 people to pay a lawyer to request it.
by curtis3389 2y ago
This is great first step, but they should be automatically expunging the records as well instead of requiring 175,000 people to pay a lawyer to request it.
- qup 2y agoMaybe this is an opportunity for a business who can standardize that process and do it cheaply--like a SaaS
- mowwom 2y agoOnly $9 a month in perpetuity until you kick the can, and you too can have your records expunged with a single click.
- toomuchtodo 2y agohttps://codeforamerica.org/programs/criminal-justice/automatic-record-clearance/ https://codeforamerica.org/programs/criminal-justice/automat...
- gizmo686 2y agoHow important is expunging the records? According to tge article, background check databases will be cleared. That seems like enough for most people. Expunging the records probably relies on a lot of effort to identify which court records are relevant.
- givemeethekeys 2y agoStandard employment question: "Have you ever been convicted of a crime?" So, the answer is a "yes" even if you've been pardoned.
- notnaut 2y agoShouldn’t the answer also be “yes” if it’s been expunged?
- asadotzler 2y agono
- seoulmetro 2y agoA great first step towards what?
- curtis3389 2y agoRepairing an obvious injustice. The War on Drugs is a war on personal freedom, and the power the state has been given to enact it goes way beyond what any person should see as reasonable.
- seoulmetro 2y agoIt seems fairly reasonable that the state can restrict drugs... the same way they can restrict drinking ages, drink driving, car reliability tests, etc. I think what you mean is, the injustice of continuing a war that they do not intend on winning. There definitely is justice in admitting failure and putting the non-solving weapons down. But there is no justice in allowing people to do drugs when it's against the law. Winning the war on drugs is pretty evident to be way better than losing... see China, Japan, Korea.
- krispyfi 2y agoResident of Japan here. Young people ruining their kidneys by swallowing whole bottles of OTC cough medicine instead of smoking weed isn't "winning the war drugs". Look up "市販薬OD" if you don't believe me.
- seoulmetro 2y agoActually it has won the war on drugs. Cough medicine isn't any more mind altering than caffeine is, of course you can destroy yourself overdosing on anything considered a toxin in high doses... This is hilarious. You think Japan is struggling with drug trafficking, drug abuse and policing of drug use?
- nxicvyvy 2y agoJapan, and many other countries around the world follow the US' lead. Your stupid racist cannibis propaganda and subsequent laws infiltrated the world over. We're all paying for it now.
- boyka 2y agoGiven that 175,000 people are roughly 4% of the working population, that’s quite a payday for all the lawyers in the state.