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Benzinga
Benzinga
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Nina Zdinjak

South Dakota Governor Noem Vetoes Marijuana Expungement Bill, Calls It 'Bad Precedent' For Criminal Justice

In February the South Dakota Senate approved bills to legalize and tax marijuana as well as provide for expungement for low-level cannabis offenses. About a month later, Governor Kristi Noem used her veto to push the expungement legislation back to the Senate. 

The move comes on the heels of Noem signing legislation into law allowing qualified patients to home grow limited quantities of marijuana.

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