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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — An expungement fair held in Grand Rapids Saturday gave hundreds of people an opportunity for a clean slate.
The Black and Brown Cannabis Guild partnered with Western Michigan University Thomas M. Cooley Law School to offer free legal support to people hoping to have past convictions removed from their criminal record.
Founder of Black and Brown Cannabis Guild Denavvia Mojet told News 8 the group’s mission is to help remove the barriers keeping people from future opportunities.
“There was a focus on highlighting the inequity for people of color who have been criminalized and given convictions because of the war on drugs disproportionately,” Mojet said. “We wanted to address those convictions.”
The fair gave people the chance to begin the expungement process by offering free, on-site legal services and other guidance about the process ahead.
Mojet was stunned by the turnout, saying out of the 435 people who came out, most had criminal records consisting of drug offenses or other low-level convictions.
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