by Elizabeth Simpson | Aug 17, 2022 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News, Mass Incarceration
By Kerwin Pittman Effective on July 27th, 2022, North Carolina citizens (Over 56,000 People) on state or federal probation, parole, or post-release supervision for felony convictions can IMMEDIATELY begin to REGISTER and VOTE in NC elections, making this the largest...
by Elizabeth Simpson | Aug 17, 2022 | Emancipate NC News
Last week, Strategic Director Elizabeth Simpson argued in the North Carolina Court of Appeals in an appeal of a termination of parental rights case arising in Durham County. Emancipate NC is informed by the Office of the Parent Defender that this was the third oral...
by Elizabeth Simpson | Aug 17, 2022 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News, Mass Incarceration
By Dedan Waciuri Last month, Emancipate NC joined with family and community to call upon Pitt County District Attorney Faris Dixon to release James Richardson, a Black man wrongfully convicted of murder in 2011. Mr. Richardson was a promising international basketball...
by Elizabeth Simpson | Aug 17, 2022 | Emancipate NC News, Justice League, Policing
Last month, law enforcement in Gaston County took the life of beloved community member Jason Lipscomb, only days before his birthday. Our Justice League Fellow, Shaun Bates, is a member of the Gaston County community. Kerwin Pittman and Dedan Waciuri traveled to...
by Elizabeth Simpson | Aug 17, 2022 | Emancipate NC News, Mass Incarceration
Emancipate NC joined with Eno Friends Meeting, Alamance-Orange Prison Ministry, Human Kindness Foundation, and Our Children’s Place of Coastal Horizons on July 30 for an evening of art, music, and poetry. Emancipate NC undergraduate intern Bella Lane organized...
