The group has made it their mission to maintain the historic cemetery throughout the year, but on this day, they remembered the work of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. as they worked.
Volunteers spent part of their morning at Butler Cemetery in Camden, the resting place of eight African American veterans who fought in the Civil War.
"It's just a pleasure that the Black community is trying to come back and clean up," said veteran Curtis Marshall of Camden. "Many people with convictions are not eligible, but many are. Many who don't even realize that they are," said attorney John Stapleton of LeVan Stapleton Segal Cochran LLC.Edgard Renaud, of Cherry Hill, came in and started the process to clear loitering charges from more than 10 years ago.
To expunge a non-violent crime in New Jersey, a person typically needs to have a clean record for five to ten years, and the county prosecutor has to approve the expungement.
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