by operations | Nov 30, 2023 | Emancipate NC News, Ending the Death Penalty, Events
Join Team Emancipate’s Kerwin Pittman, Jaelyn Miller, and Justice League Fellow April Scales Barber, along with our friends at NC Coalition for Alternatives to the Death Penalty on December 2nd from 1:00 to 2:30 pm in Raleigh for a rally demanding immediate...
by operations | Aug 17, 2023 | Ending the Death Penalty, Events
On Saturday, August 19th, join North Carolina Coalition for Alternatives to the Death Penalty on the 17th anniversary of NC’s last execution to demand a future with no more death row. The group will gather at Pullen Memorial Baptist Church for a short program...
by Elizabeth Simpson | Aug 31, 2022 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News, Ending the Death Penalty, Justice League
Photograph by Brandon Smith On August 19, the North Carolina Coalition for Alternatives to the Death Penalty (NCCADP) held a week of activity to commemorate the 16th anniversary since the last state-sponsored execution in North Carolina. Emancipate NC is a member of...
by Elizabeth Simpson | Apr 18, 2022 | Emancipate NC News, Ending the Death Penalty, Mass Incarceration
You’ve followed our coverage of the capital murder trial of Lester Kearney, an innocent man subjected to a vendetta by a District Attorney bent on putting somebody away for a horrific crime – even if he has the wrong man. Last week, after a lengthy trial, the...
by Elizabeth Simpson | Feb 17, 2022 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News, Ending the Death Penalty, Mass Incarceration
One of Emancipate NC’s three primary strategies is our work to shift the public narrative on mass incarceration. Our mission statement reads: “Through community education, narrative shift, and litigation, Emancipate NC supports North Carolina’s people as they free...
by Elizabeth Simpson | Feb 17, 2022 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News, Ending the Death Penalty
Emancipate NC attorney Ian Mance published a piece in the Campbell Law Review about North Carolina prosecutors’ use of peremptory challenges to secure an all-white jury in a capital trial involving a Black defendant. Prosecutors used a “cheat...
