Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden took to the public to present his plan for racial equity and the economy moving forward. Fortunately, one major part of this plan includes further action taken on the part of the federal government to make the process of expunging cannabis-related charges easier and more efficient.

Biden acknowledged the tendency of the War on Drugs to target people of color, and the subsequent struggle these communities have undergone due to the corruption within the criminal justice system. Biden’s plan to amend expunction processes includes setting aside funding for states that wish to adopt new infrastructures meant to modernize criminal record data which will in turn make it possible to automate the expungement process.

In short, Biden’s plan sets aside federal funding specifically designated to make the expunction of non-violent crimes easier and more accessible. Biden believes that this plan will “advance a pathway for redemption and re-entry—and make real the possibility of second chances for all Americans—by helping states modernize their criminal justice data infrastructure and adopt automated record sealing for selected categories of non-violent offenses, to modernize their criminal justice data infrastructure.” In addition to creating the possibility of a second chance for those convicted of cannabis-related offenses, Biden’s team hopes that this will decrease the rate of recidivism by people who have previously been convicted of crimes. Through implementing this plan to allocate federal funding to make expunctions easier and more just, Biden intends to decrease the racial inequity from the War on Drugs, decrease the national rate of recidivism, and give as many people as possible a second chance. In the meanwhile, check out Easy Expunctions to learn how you can clear your record as quickly and efficiently as possible.