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 | Jan 30, 2018 | Emancipate NC News, Legislative Updates, Uncategorized
The NCGA is trying to take away our right to elect judges. If you are like most people the previous sentence is alarming, but you aren’t quiet sure what it means. CJPC is here to help you make sense of this important issue. What is the law right now related to...
by Mandie Sellars | Jan 30, 2018 | Emancipate NC News, Ending the Death Penalty
On Wednesday, a Wake County jury sentenced Donovan Richardson to life in prison for his role in a 2014 double murder. He is one of three men accused in the crime of murdering two elderly men at their home in Fuquay Varina. One of the other men pleaded guilty and will...
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 | Emancipate NC News, Policing, Uncategorized
On September 5, 2017, Donald Trump revoked the program DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals). DACA was originally established under the Obama administration and allowed individuals who entered the United States as minors to receive a renewable two-year period...
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...
