Washington Courts To Spend $U100 Million To Vacate 350K Drug Convictions & Return Legal Fees

Washington State will spend nearly $100 million to vacate an estimated 350,000 prior drug convictions and reimburse legal fees to people who were prosecuted under laws that the state Supreme Court deemed unconstitutional in 2021. The state Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC) announced on Monday that it would be launching the Blake Refund Bureau next month, […]