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 They had previously used the North Carolina Racial Justice act to do so, but it was repealed in 2013.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...
by Mandie Sellars | Jun 7, 2017 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News, Mass Incarceration
Republican Senator Rand Paul and Democratic Senator Patrick Leahy have pledged to fight back against Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ vow to seek the longest possible sentences even for non-violent drug offenses. Paul, Leahy, and Democrat Jeff Merkley have...
by Mandie Sellars | Jun 7, 2017 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News, Mass Incarceration
It is possible for prosecutors to be champions of progressive criminal justice reform. Larry Krasner, a former civil rights attorney who has never been a prosecutor, has taken the lead to win the Democratic nomination over several experienced prosecutors and a former...
by Mandie Sellars | Jun 7, 2017 | Emancipate NC News, Mass Incarceration
A bill has been introduced in the House which would require sex offenders to pay an initial registration fee of ninety dollars and an annual registration fee of ninety dollars on the anniversary of the initial registration date. The attorney general would recover...
by Mandie Sellars | Jun 7, 2017 | Emancipate NC News, Legislative Updates, Raising the Juvenile Age
With a 104 to 8 vote, the North Carolina House of Representatives passed the Raise The Age bill. The Senate now has the bill for consideration. The Senate budget does include policy language supporting Raise The Age legislation, however no funds were allocated in the...
