by Mandie Sellars | Jan 30, 2018 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News
Serving as yet another example of the importance of making informed decisions when choosing judges at the ballot box, a judge made an appalling racist statement during a speaking engagement at a law school. While delivering a lecture on mediation and negotiation at...
by Mandie Sellars | Oct 12, 2017 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News, Mass Incarceration
by Molly Riesenberger The ACLU report, “In for a Penny: The Rise of America’s New Debtors’ Prisons,” presents the findings of a yearlong investigation into “debtors’ prisons,” exposing how poor defendants are increasingly being jailed for failure to pay legal debts...
by Mandie Sellars | Oct 12, 2017 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News
The John D. And Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation announced a $2 million grant to Mecklenburg County’s Department of Criminal Justice Services to continue building on local efforts to implement criminal justice system reforms and safely reduce Mecklenburg...
by Mandie Sellars | Oct 12, 2017 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News
As recent months have unfolded, we are all bombarded with news of threats to the dreams of dreamers, state-sanctioned hatred in many forms, and a return to a criminal justice system that seeks to address social problems by locking people away. As soon as we are...
by Mandie Sellars | Oct 12, 2017 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News
The Sixth Amendment of the United States guarantees the right to a speedy trial – Kharon Davis has not been granted that right. At age 22, he was charged with capital murder and put in the county jail. Ten years later, he is still there, awaiting trial. He has...
by Mandie Sellars | Aug 16, 2017 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News, Uncategorized
At the time this piece was published, four people had been arrested in Durham for allegedly taking down a Confederate statue. They allegedly broke the law. Now let’s talk about justice. History has painfully provided us with countless examples of how law and...
