by Mandie Sellars | Aug 16, 2017 | Emancipate NC News, Ending the Death Penalty
By Amanda Witwer, UNC-Chapel Hill Public Policy Student Apart from being an avid reader and a devoted Tarheel fan, my pen pal is an inmate who has spent the last nineteen years of his life on North Carolina’s death row. Out of respect for his privacy, I will...
by Mandie Sellars | Aug 1, 2017 | Emancipate NC News, Ending the Death Penalty
This month, Carolina Justice Policy Center Intern Olivia Pennoyer visited an inmate on death row. She documented her experience in an essay: This summer I met a man on death row. Usually when this fact finds its way into conversations with friends and family, they...
by Mandie Sellars | Aug 1, 2017 | Emancipate NC News, Ending the Death Penalty
On July 26, 2017, the state of Ohio executed Ronald Phillips. This execution marked the first after a three and a half year moratorium. It is yet another example of why death penalty moratoriums should not lull activists into a false sense of complacency. To learn...
by Mandie Sellars | Aug 1, 2017 | Emancipate NC News, Raising the Juvenile Age
Last Friday, Governor Roy Cooper signed a proclamation celebrating that 16 and 17 year olds will no longer be tried in adult court for misdemeanor charges. While teens accused of violent felonies and some drug crimes may still be charged as adults, the progress made...
by Mandie Sellars | Aug 1, 2017 | Emancipate NC News, Mass Incarceration
Families with incarcerated loved ones will continue to face challenges as they grapple with the exorbitant cost of phone calls with inmates. These calls can be as high as $10 per minute at some facilities. Two years ago, telecom companies and some state governments...
by Mandie Sellars | Jun 19, 2017 | Emancipate NC News, Gun Violence
The state house tentatively approved a bill that would eliminate the need for concealed-carry permits for adults who are at least 18 and are not otherwise prohibited from owning firearms, except where open-carry is explicitly prohibited. The bill would also allow...
