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Five years since the Blake decision in Washington state
The historic ruling opened the door for hundreds of thousands of drug possession convictions to be reversed. But many of those affected still await relief.
Jaelynn Grisso
Jaelynn Grisso is Cascade PBS’s investigative multimedia journalist. Prior to Cascade PBS, Grisso founded a nonprofit news outlet and worked for Mother Jones, Honolulu Civil Beat and Scripps.
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