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I support dropping these cases, but it's a tough incentive that people who simply didn't show up for court are getting their case dropped, whereas people who got convicted will keep their convictions. I guess there is no totally clean way to make this transition and the sooner it happens the better.

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You’re absolutely right to say that in an ideal world that would be a better option. But I can also see that freeing convicts from the prisons may be perceived way more negatively than this. Even though semantically there’s 0 difference.

You could also void old convictions on these charges. Won't undo the damage but will help.

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