#expungement

#expungement

When New York legalized cannabis, it was hailed as a historic shift. Headlines celebrated an overdue end to prohibition and the chance to repair decades of criminalization that devastated Black and Brown communities. Yet for those who lived through the era of the "War on Drugs," legalization is not simply a victory. It sparks a deeper, more pressing question: what does justice look like in a legal cannabis economy, and who is truly benefiting?

Andrew Hall, a former deputy sheriff, served a prison sentence and now seeks to expunge an assault conviction, enabled by his time with the San Quentin Fire Department.