by Elizabeth Simpson | Feb 17, 2022 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News, Policing
On February 10, Emancipate NC joined with El Pueblo, Respuesta Rapida de Durham, and NC SPAN to host a peaceful march in memory of Daniel Turcios, and to hold police accountable for his murder. The Indy Week covered...
by Elizabeth Simpson | Feb 17, 2022 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News, Ending the Death Penalty
Emancipate NC attorney Ian Mance published a piece in the Campbell Law Review about North Carolina prosecutors’ use of peremptory challenges to secure an all-white jury in a capital trial involving a Black defendant. Prosecutors used a “cheat...
by Elizabeth Simpson | Feb 3, 2022 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News, Policing
In light of Wake County Superior Court Judge Collins’ puzzling decision to publicly release body camera footage from Daniel Turcios’ police killing, while shielding the footage from an illegal Raleigh police No Knock home raid on innocent civilians,...
by Elizabeth Simpson | Feb 3, 2022 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News, Policing
Emancipate NC attorney Ian Mance and Emancipate NC client Stephanie Bottom are featured in a new CNN documentary: “CNN Special Report- Traffic Stop: Dangerous Encounters” In a one-hour special, CNN national correspondent Sara Sidner explores traffic stops and the...
by Elizabeth Simpson | Feb 3, 2022 | Confederate monuments, Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News
Emancipate NC attorney Ian Mance, along with Elizabeth Hambourger, an attorney from the Center for Death Penalty Litigation, published an article in Trial Briefs about attorneys’ duty to challenge the racist symbols, including Confederate monuments, in our counties’...