by operations | Oct 18, 2022 | Confederate monuments, Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News
For the past year, Emancipate NC has worked to support the efforts of the Concerned Citizens of Tyrrell County, an organization of Black community members in North Carolina’s smallest county by population, located in the northeastern part of the state. Since 2020, the...
by operations | Sep 29, 2022 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News, Family Regulation
For the past year, Emancipate NC team members J Hallen and Elizabeth Simpson have been interviewing stakeholders in the Durham County child welfare system, including foster parents, impacted parents, attorneys, social workers, Guardian ad litem volunteers, and...
by operations | Sep 28, 2022 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News, Mass Incarceration
By Kyla Holton As explained in the first part of this series, one of the main unspoken issues within the plea bargaining process is racial discrimination. Tiffany Marion, a young Black woman, experienced this firsthand in her case with a biased prosecutor in Swain...
by operations | Sep 27, 2022 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News, Policing
Emancipate attorney Ian Mance’s expert testimony against a police officer helped spare the defendant significant jail time. As Ian writes, “Emancipate NC stands ready to assist any attorney or person who requests our assistance accessing traffic stop data for similar...
