DA Clark to dismiss over 6,000
misdemeanor marijuana cases
BY BRONX TIMES
District Attorney Darcel
Clark announced June
10 that her office is dismissing
more than 6,000 misdemeanor
marijuana cases.
“The Legislature has de–
criminalized the possession
and sale of small amounts
of marijuana to right the
wrong of disproportionate
enforcement and arrests in
communities of color like
the Bronx,” Clark said. “We
had long stopped prosecuting
these offenses because
they were not a threat to
public safety, and they gave
people a criminal record
that had negative collateral
consequences on employment,
housing, education,
and immigration.Our application
today is part of my Office’s
pursuit of justice with
There is no purpose in
spending prosecutorial and
judicial resources on conduct
that the Legislature has
de–criminalized.Since Article
221has been repealed,
there is no longer any basis
to continue the prosecution
of open cases that contain a
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sole charge of misdemeanor
marijuana possession and/
or sale, or keep active warrants
related to these matters,
so we have moved to
dismiss 6,089 cases.”
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