by Mandie Sellars | Jun 19, 2017 | Emancipate NC News, Mass Incarceration
In an unprecedented move, the FDA has called for the removal of opioid painkiller Opana from the market. The FDA has never before asked that an opioid pain medication be pulled from the market due to its strong potential for abuse. The mandate is in response to the...
by Mandie Sellars | Jun 19, 2017 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News, Mass Incarceration
In response to a Charlotte Observer investigation regarding prison corruption, Senate leader Phil Berger has said that he plans to call for a legislative inquiry on prison corruption. Moreover, Governor Roy Cooper has called upon Secretary of Public Safety Erik Hooks...
by Mandie Sellars | Jun 19, 2017 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News, Mass Incarceration
The DEA has proposed action that is reminiscent of the unsuccessful “War on Drugs” of the 1980s. This “War on Drugs” involved draconian and discriminatory sentencing for drug offenders. The current proposal is that the DEA hire a separate...
by Mandie Sellars | Jun 19, 2017 | Emancipate NC News, Ending the Death Penalty
In a recent article printed in the Washington Post, former Governor of New Mexico Bill Richardson explains why although he carried out the death penalty as Governor, he now opposes it. Some of the reasons he cited include the failure to serve as a deterrent, the...
by Mandie Sellars | Jun 7, 2017 | Emancipate NC News, Ending the Death Penalty
Four Inmates in Cumberland County have asked that the state Supreme Court reconsider the illegal effect of racism in their trials. They had previously used the North Carolina Racial Justice act to do so, but it was repealed in 2013. Some of the arguments in their two...
by Mandie Sellars | Jun 7, 2017 | Emancipate NC News, Uncategorized
Person/Caswell County DA Wallace Bradsher has resigned. His resignation follows a nearly 10 month investigation into alleged theft at his office, as well as the office of prosecutor Craig Blitzer. Craig Blitzer resigned in March. The investigation has been conducted...
