HOPING FOR A CLEAN SLATE.

• Position: STATELINE

The long-term effects of a felony marijuana conviction-difficulty finding and keeping a job, getting a professional license or taking out a loan, to name a few-can seem especially cruel if your "crime" is no longer illegal. In the last three years, at least nine states have passed laws making it possible to clear certain pot offenses, the ABA Journal reports. But no state goes as far as California. Proposition 64, which legalized recreational marijuana...