Gothamist: Bronx DA Slow To Drop Open Marijuana Cases After Legalization, Public Defenders Say


“The Bronx Defenders sent a letter to Bronx District Attorney Darcel Clark’s office on April 20th—three weeks after the law was passed—urging her to begin acting in accordance with the law. The letter estimated there were “hundreds” of pending cases in the Bronx in which the most serious charges were criminal sale or possession of an amount of marijuana that’s now legal or reduced to a violation under the MRTA.”

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