By Suzette Parmley, NJ News on October 30, 2022

Felix Pineda drove from Somerset to Trenton on Saturday with hopes of expunging a past marijuana conviction that he believes is holding him back.

Despite obtaining a college degree from Berkeley College last year, Pineda believes the marijuana offense that was tied to his second degree robbery arrest in 2013 is keeping potential employers from hiring him. He is currently a medical warehouse picker making $18 an hour.

“After they do a background check, I don’t hear back from them,” said the 29-year old who served a year and a half in prison for the robbery and has been drug free and sober since.

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