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On the recordNovember 14, 2022
It is just extremely important that it is automatic expungement, not something that we have to go through the courts for.
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Ayanna Pressley
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Emphasizing the need for automatic expungement of marijuana convictions.

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