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How State Prosecutors Handle Marijuana Cases in NC

How State Prosecutors Handle Marijuana Cases in NC

by operations | Feb 12, 2026 | Don't Plead to Weed, Emancipate NC News

By Dillon Sharpe, Emancipate NC Attorney Marijuana remains illegal in North Carolina—but hemp is 100% legal. Across the state, countless businesses legally sell hemp products, including flower, vape cartridges, and edibles. Yet despite hemp’s clear legal status, most...
Concerns over Raleigh’s Approval of the GPS Tracking System, StarChase

Concerns over Raleigh’s Approval of the GPS Tracking System, StarChase

by operations | Feb 12, 2026 | Emancipate NC News, Policing

Emancipate NC Executive Director and attorney Dawn Blagrove is raising concerns about Raleigh’s approval of the GPS tracking system, StarChase. She warns that the technology grants law enforcement sweeping tracking capabilities that could affect everyday residents....
Federal Judge Sides with Emancipate NC in Lawsuit Against UNC Chapel Hill

Federal Judge Sides with Emancipate NC in Lawsuit Against UNC Chapel Hill

by operations | Feb 12, 2026 | Emancipate NC News

By Jaelyn Miller, Emancipate NC Attorney and Community Organizer In March 2025, Emancipate NC, alongside the ACLU of North Carolina and Muslim Advocates, filed a lawsuit against UNC Chapel Hill challenging the university’s treatment of protesters involved in the...
Emancipate NC Files Lawsuit with ACLU of NC to Challenge Ban on Gender-Affirming Care for Incarcerated People

Emancipate NC Files Lawsuit with ACLU of NC to Challenge Ban on Gender-Affirming Care for Incarcerated People

by operations | Feb 12, 2026 | Emancipate NC News

By Jaelyn Miller, Emancipate NC Attorney and Community Organizer Elizabeth Simpson, Strategic Director & Attorney at Emancipate NC and the ACLU of NC filed a lawsuit to challenge a provision of House Bill 805. The bill, which targets trans North...
Raleigh’s New Crisis Call Diversion Line is Up and Running!

Raleigh’s New Crisis Call Diversion Line is Up and Running!

by operations | Feb 12, 2026 | Emancipate NC News

By Jaelyn Miller, Emancipate NC Attorney and Community Organizer  After years of advocacy by Emancipate NC, the City of Raleigh has finally begun implementing its alternative response program, Raleigh CARES. In 2023, Emancipate NC helped convene a coalition of...
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Recent Posts

  • Proteus Fund Spotlights Emancipate NC’s Defense of Student Protestors
  • Emancipate NC and the ACLU of NC Move to Restore Gender-Affirming Care in North Carolina Prisons
  • Toia Potts Featured in TEDx Talk: “Motherhood Cannot Be Erased by the State”
  • Gerrymandering Your Cousins: Dawn Blagrove’s Remarks on the North Carolina Black Alliance Podcast
  • Kerwin Pittman’s Work Goes Viral

About

Emancipate NC was founded on the knowledge that mass incarceration and structural racism harm all of us. Prison is state-sponsored violence. We are all complicit in its harms. As an organization, we are dedicated to shifting the narrative on racialized mass incarceration through community education and mobilization. The mainstream narrative that criminalizes Black and Brown people must be transformed—so that we can all get free.  Emancipate NC is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization and was previously known as the Carolina Justice Policy Center.

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PO Box 309
Durham, NC 27702
(919) 682-1149

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