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JB Pritzker granted more than 11,000 pardons for low-level marijuana convictions Tuesday \u2014 one day before a sweeping law makes cannabis legal in the state for people 21 and older.\n\nThe 11,017 pardons are a small part of the law Pritzker signed in June, making Illinois the 11th state in the nation to legalize weed use by adults. The law is also intended to help people held back from jobs, housing and financial aid for college because of drug convictions, according to state officials.\n\n\u201cWe are ending the 50-year long war on cannabis,\u201d the Democratic governor, who made the announcement at a church on Chicago\u2019s South Side, said in a statement.\n\n\u201cWe are restoring rights to many tens of thousands of Illinoisans. We are bringing regulation and safety to a previously unsafe and illegal market. And we are creating a new industry that puts equity at its very core.\u201d\n\nState officials said about 116,000 convictions for possession of 30 grams or less of marijuana \u2014 not associated with a violent crime \u2014 are eligible for pardons under the new law.\n\nIn all, the law could offer relief to the more than 700,000 residents with marijuana-related offenses on their criminal records, according to state officials and the Marijuana Policy Project.\n\nThe state\u2019s new Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act, which takes effect Wednesday, allows people to automatically receive clemency for convictions up to 30 grams of cannabis. Those convicted with larger amounts, from 30 to 500 grams, can petition a court to have the charge lifted.\n\nThe American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois, in a statement Tuesday, applauded the governor for \u201cacting to address the history of unnecessary and discriminatory enforcement of marijuana laws in Illinois.\u201d\n\n\u201cThe governor\u2019s pardons of Illinoisans with convictions for marijuana possession makes the new year brighter for thousands,\u201d said Ben Ruddell, criminal justice policy director for the ACLU of Illinois.\n\n\u201cWe know that black Illinois residents are far more likely to be arrested and convicted for marijuana possession than whites. This is a good step forward as we begin the legal sales of recreational marijuana.\u201d\n\nThe law defines \u201cexpunge\u201d to mean to \u201cphysically destroy the records or return them to the petitioner and to obliterate the petitioner\u2019s name from any official index or public record, or both.\u201d But it doesn\u2019t require the physical destruction of circuit court files.\n\n\u201cThe 11,017 pardons that Gov. Pritzker is granting today are thousands of lives forever changed \u2014 and hundreds of thousands more will be changed in the coming months,\u201d Toi Hutchinson, senior adviser to the governor for cannabis control, said in a statement.\n\n\u201cThose who were unfairly targeted by discriminatory drug laws can finally get ahead and build a new future for themselves and their families.\u201d\n\nSo far 18 states have decriminalized marijuana, according to the Marijuana Policy Project. In all, 34 states allow patients with health complaints to use medical marijuana.\n\nIllinois is the latest state to offer clemency for marijuana convictions. In May, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee signed a law that gave marijuana offenders the ability to have their sentences vacated in the state.", "keywords": [], "meta_keywords": ["national & world news", ""], "tags": ["Listen to the Q13 Extras Podcast! Every day the Q13 Sports department has three minutes and thirty seconds to tell you the most important sports news of the day. Sometimes, that\u2019s not enough \u2014 this is all of the Extras."], "authors": ["Cnn Wire"], "publish_date": "Tue Dec 31 00:00:00 2019", "summary": "", "article_html": "", "meta_description": "Illinois Gov. 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