Slog AM: Seattle Elementary Teacher Charged with Child Rape, Seattle to Throw Out Misdemeanor Pot Convictions

It's all kind of sad today but at least the jewelry heist bit is kind of exciting.by Nathalie Graham"This front of the failed war on drugs had a clear racial bias," Mayor Jenny Durkan writes on Slog this morning. GETTY
Mayor Jenny Durkan is erasing misdemeanor marijuana convictions: In a guest editorial on Slog this morning, Mayor Durkan announced that she and City Attorney Pete Holmes are asking “Seattle’s municipal court to vacate convictions and dismiss charges for misdemeanor mar