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Some Connecticut Democrats have pledged to support the legislative priorities of a multi-religious group called Congregations Organized for a New Connecticut (CONECT).
Most eligible residents with certain cannabis possession convictions should have their records erased within 60 days, or about a month longer than expected.
Gov. Ned Lamont says the “vast majority” of eligible Connecticut residents with certain cannabis possession convictions — roughly 44,000 cases — should have their records automatically erased over the next
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Lamont said the delay is caused by Clean Slate automated erasure system needing “significant information technology upgrades to allow criminal justice agencies to send and receive data to determine who can have their offenses erased and to update record systems.”
More than 44,000 people convicted of cannabis possession are set to have their records fully or partially erased on January 1, when Connecticut’s new clean slate law takes effect.