Thursday, September 28, 2017
Bexar County to cease arrests for small quantities of pot
Bexar County DA Nico Lahood has announced people will no longer be arrested for small amounts of pot in San Antonio, implementing a system for officers to issue citations under a 2007 law passed by the Republican House Corrections Committee Chairman Jerry Madden, now with Right on Crime. See coverage in the Express News, which included a chart, appended after the jump, detailing the extent of marijuana arrests in recent years in the River City.
Since 2007, roughly 44,000 have been arrested for possession of marijuana, according to an analysis of court data.
*2017 data are updated through April of this year.
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