Seattle judges throw out 15 years of marijuana convictions

Re:Seattle judges throw out 15 years of marijuana convictions by mysterypie on Friday September 28, 2018 @05:04AM (#18091945)

> Judges in Seattle have decided to quash convictions for marijuana possession for anyone prosecuted in the city between 1996 and 2010. Possession of marijuana became legal in the state of Washington in 2012.

Another question is why didn't they quash convictions between 1996 and present, or between 1996 and 2012 when it became legal? Such obvious questions that aren't addressed by the article -- and this is the BBC no less.

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Re:Seattle judges throw out 15 years of marijuana convictions by mikestew on Friday September 28, 2018 @10:25AM (#18093602)

I’d have to go digging around to do better than my middle-aged memory allows, but at some point shortly before legalization, Seattle PD said pot was they’re lowest priority (translation: don’t force our hand by smoking in front of a grade school, and we’ll leave you alone). Could be that there are no convictions to overturn 2010-2012.

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Re:Seattle judges throw out 15 years of marijuana convictions by maaark on Friday September 28, 2018 @05:13AM (#18091983)

Why leave out 2011-(mid)2012?

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Re:Seattle judges throw out 15 years of marijuana convictions by TomMarius on Friday September 28, 2018 @05:21AM (#18092029)

Supposedly because they had a policy that caused them to throw out all cases in the meantime, like it is done now in some jurisdictions.

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