Volunteers and lawyers help residents clear their records for a shot at better jobs and housing

Inside a Philly criminal record expungement clinic: ‘Freedom is not just freedom’

Volunteers and lawyers help residents clear their records for a shot at better jobs and housing. Sterling Scott arrived at St. Mark’s Church in Frankford with the same goal as his peers: to start the process of getting his criminal record expunged. “My daughter, she attacked me and I wound up macing her,” Scott, 63, said.