Asbury Park, NJ -</strong> Many Monmouth County residents came out to the first of many free expungement sessions to be held at St. Stephen AME Church in Asbury Park, NJ. The session was organized by Community Action Network of Asbury Park. The session allowed Monmouth County residents to have questions and concerns about their criminal record and how the expungement program works answered.
C.A.N of Asbury Park realized the urgent concern of individuals in the community to get their lives back after facing an unfair systematic justice system. People’s deepest concerns were being able to assimilate back into society. There were community volunteers and lawyers that provided their service pro-bono to be able to help with the process of expungement.
The ground rules for the expungement process was communicated to the audience in attendance. They were told that the expungement process will be a continuum effort to get the system to work for them.
Step 1 for people who met the all criteria is to get get a copy of their criminal record and return back to the next meeting that is schedule for Friday April 8th 2016, at 7pm at the St. Stephen AMEZ Church in Asbury Park NJ.
