by operations | May 16, 2024 | Emancipate NC News
On May 6th, UNC Chapel Hill law students Nikolai Wise and John Schengber, joined by Elizabeth Simpson, argued on behalf of Emancipate NC for the immediate release of an unredacted Durham County Jail policy manual. Emancipate NC has been...
by operations | May 16, 2024 | Emancipate NC News
Kerwin Pittman and Dawn Blagrove spoke to the North Carolina General Assembly earlier this week about the harmful new bill proposed titled “Unmasking Mobs and Criminals.” The bill was presented to the Senate Judiciary Committee...
by operations | May 1, 2024 | Emancipate NC News
Emancipate NC has teamed up with Legal Aid, Advancement Project, and the Education Justice Initiative to provide a toolkit to support parents and students impacted by SRO misconduct. Please share this resource with anyone whose rights have been violated by School...
by operations | May 1, 2024 | Emancipate NC News
Photo Credit Cornell Watson for The Assembly The Assembly quoted an Emancipate NC amicus brief written by Elizabeth Simpson this month in an article detailing the current status of appellate litigation about the odor of cannabis. Defense...
by operations | May 1, 2024 | Emancipate NC News, Family Regulation
On April 19, 2024, Dawn served as a panelist on “Nurturing Freedom Dreams through Abolition” at the University of Miami School of Law, and argued for an end to the systemic policing of families. Moderated by Corey B. Best, the panelists were Allison...
by operations | May 1, 2024 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News
By April Barber Scales (Justice League Fellow) and Anthony Willis We have been free — out of prison — for two years. If you had asked us five years ago if we would be where we are now, we would have said no. Both of us were convicted as juveniles (15 and 16 years old)...
