by Mandie Sellars | Mar 15, 2017 | Emancipate NC News, Legislative Updates
Gov. Roy Cooper has rolled out his budget and there is much to like in our new Governor’s approach. With the Executive and Legislative branches of government once again split along party lines, don’t expect the legislature to simply move forward with the...
by Mandie Sellars | Mar 15, 2017 | Emancipate NC News, Ending the Death Penalty
March has been a good month for advocates against the death penalty in North Carolina. In the seventh straight trial, a Wake County jury has considered all the evidence and returned a sentence of life without the possibility of parole. By rejecting the death penalty,...
by Mandie Sellars | Mar 15, 2017 | Emancipate NC News, Raising the Juvenile Age
The Carolina Justice Policy Center, as one of the members of the Raise the Age Coalition, has worked for over a decade to raise the age of juvenile jurisdiction in North Carolina. Wednesday, March 8, 2017, we moved a giant step closer. With 68 bi-partisan primary and...
by Mandie Sellars | Mar 11, 2017 | Emancipate NC News, Mass Incarceration
Promise Resource Network is offering an intense, 40-hour training, for Peer Support Specialist Certification from March 6 through March, 10. The professional development course includes coursework, homework, class exercises and sharing recovery stories. Peer Support...
by Mandie Sellars | Mar 11, 2017 | Emancipate NC News, Ending the Death Penalty
In a 6-2 ruling, the United State Supreme Court overturned the death sentence of Duane Buck. Justice Thomas and Justice Alito dissented. According to the New York Times, the Court indicated the case as was riddled with “particularly noxious strains of racial...
