by Elizabeth Simpson | May 11, 2021 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News, Mass Incarceration, Raising the Juvenile Age
On May 6, Emancipate NC filed an amicus curiae brief in the North Carolina Supreme Court in support of Darrell Tristan Anderson, a Black man who was sentenced to life in prison for crimes he committed when he was a 17-year-old child. We urge the Court to prohibit...
by Elizabeth Simpson | Apr 20, 2021 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News, Policing
Photo credit: bgrocker / Shutterstock.com The verdict is in. The criminal justice system worked to hold one man accountable for the heartless murder of another man. That should not be something we have to celebrate. That is what a just system does. But the American...
by Elizabeth Simpson | Apr 15, 2021 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News, Mass Incarceration
Emancipate NC Community Organizer Kerwin Pittman is the justice-impacted member of the Task Force for Racial Equity in Criminal Justice (TREC) established by Governor Roy Cooper. This week, NCDPS officials shared at a TREC subcommittee meeting that they will be...
by Elizabeth Simpson | Apr 15, 2021 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News, Policing
The following is a re-print of a piece by Joel Brown for ABC 11, published on April 13, 2021, featuring Emancipate NC staff Kerwin Pittman and Dawn Blagrove. The original piece can be located here. Many police reform advocates in the Triangle are frustrated, losing...
by Elizabeth Simpson | Apr 14, 2021 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News, Policing
My name is Vanessa Gonzalez. For the last decade, my day job has been as an immigration attorney, assisting undocumented folx to obtain immigration status and avoid deportation. Since my college years, I have participated in numerous protests and demonstrations. It...
