by Elizabeth Simpson | Jul 19, 2022 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News, Mass Incarceration
By Kyla Holton Racial discrimination and implicit bias in the plea bargaining process plagues our criminal justice system. Plea bargains are legal deals in which a defendant waives their right to trial and pleads guilty. As part of a bargain, some charges may be...
by Elizabeth Simpson | Jun 29, 2022 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News
By Elizabeth Simpson On June 24, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the decision protecting the right to abortion, effectively canceling the right to bodily autonomy for women and pregnant people. We know this decision will impact poor women of color most of all,...
by Elizabeth Simpson | Jun 29, 2022 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News, Justice League, Mass Incarceration, Raising the Juvenile Age
Legal Analysis by Maren Hurley Important takeaways: North Carolina’s constitution is more expansive than the federal constitution; juvenile offenders may not serve more than 40 years before parole eligibility; juvenile offenders sentenced to two or more...
by Elizabeth Simpson | Jun 29, 2022 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News
On June 18, Senior Counsel Ian Mance supported the Concerned Citizens of Tyrrell County in a Juneteenth event calling for the removal of the offensive Confederate Monument in Columbia, NC. NPR reported: “Having this monument in front of our courthouse is...
by Elizabeth Simpson | Jun 29, 2022 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News, Mass Incarceration
Commentary By Jeffrey B. Cobb Jeffrey B. Cobb is married to Emancipate NC’s Cierra Cobb. Together, they founded the Care Bear Foundation. Jeffrey is currently incarcerated at Caswell Correctional Institution in Blanch, NC. It seems like the 1950s started this...
by Elizabeth Simpson | Jun 29, 2022 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News, Mass Incarceration
On June 19, Director of Policy and Programming Kerwin Pittman celebrated Juneteenth by bailing out two fathers at the Wake County Jail, in collaboration with Emancipate NC’s Freedom Fighter Bond Fund and Recidivism Reduction Educational Program Services, Inc. (RREPS)....
