by operations | Aug 13, 2025 | Emancipate NC News, Legislative Updates
By Phillip Vance Smith II A new North Carolina law taking effect on December 1, 2025, will impose a seven-year limit on filing post-conviction appeals through a Motion for Appropriate Relief (MAR), potentially preventing wrongfully convicted people from proving their...
by operations | Aug 13, 2025 | Emancipate NC News
Emancipate NC Executive Director Dawn Blagrove was a featured presenter at the 10th Annual HBCU Think Tank, themed BLACKOLOPY—a celebration of collective Black ownership, economic empowerment, political awareness, and cultural pride. BLACKOLOPY, inspired by Monopoly...
by operations | Aug 13, 2025 | Don't Plead to Weed, Emancipate NC News, Policing
By Emancipate Attorney Jaelyn Miller Emancipate NC attorneys Jaelyn Miller, Elizabeth Simpson, and Dillon Sharpe have filed a civil rights lawsuit against the Greenville Police Department after a student was wrongfully searched and cited for marijuana...
by operations | Aug 13, 2025 | Emancipate NC News
We’re celebrating a major tenant rights win by Emancipate NC attorney Jaelyn Miller. She recently secured the full return of a wrongfully withheld security deposit for Ms. Thompson, an elderly tenant who had left her rental home in excellent condition and met every...
by operations | Aug 13, 2025 | Emancipate NC News, Events
The decisions made in North Carolina’s state courts affect every part of our lives—from voting rights to education to public safety. Join us online TONIGHT, August 14, at 6 PM for NC Courts 101 to learn: How our state courts work Why judicial elections matter How you...
