Quashed Warrants Followup

Following up on the push to reduce the warrant backlog and also as a criminal justice reform win-win. The move was seen as a benefit for low income folks who'd have difficulty paying and only more so if jailed for non-payment as opposed to any danger to the community. The News-Gazette has more information on that here: Judge 'quashed' thousands of warrants. Today they have a blurb breaking down some of the data:

For the record: Quashed warrants

Keeping watch warrants for ordinance violations, some issued as long ago as 2001.

Staff writer Ben Zigterman pored over all 2,547 warrants that were set aside by the county’s presiding judge. Here’s what he found.

The most common warrants set aside were for violations for cannabis possession. Here’s how the top

10 breaks down:

1. Possession of cannabis: 436

2. Retail theft: 359

3. Prohibited possession of alcohol on public/business property: 250

4. Minors in the possession of alcohol: 126

 5. Possession of drug paraphernalia: 122

6. Specific prohibition noise: 89

7. Theft generally: 67

8. Disorderly conduct: 59

9. Trespass generally: 51

10. Fighting: 48

Full article and more data here.