Announcing a plan to vacate marijuana convictions, Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby has won praise in many quarters for moving the city away from a war-on-drugs law enforcement approach that put thousands in jail for pot possession.

But her office’s petition to vacate 1,050 Circuit Court cases is easier said than done, according to a review by Courthouse News Service.

That’s largely because many convicted of pot possession faced other charges in the same prosecution. CNS’ examination of a random 10% of the cases found:

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