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Tilmon Golphin’s Life Matters: NC Supreme Court Ruling Gives Him and Others Reprieve from Death Row

Tilmon Golphin’s Life Matters: NC Supreme Court Ruling Gives Him and Others Reprieve from Death Row

by Mandie Sellars | Sep 25, 2020 | Emancipate NC News, Ending the Death Penalty

by Dawn Blagrove, Executive Director In 1997, Tilmon Golphin was a 19-year-old child. (Above, Tilmon Golphin’s uncle holds a childhood photo of Tilmon and his family). No different from the ones parents cry over as they leave for college. Friends and family use words...

The Death Penalty: Going Beyond Moral Arguments

by Mandie Sellars | Jan 10, 2019 | Emancipate NC News, Ending the Death Penalty, Uncategorized

By CJPC Intern Lily Walter The debate over the death penalty has long been about morality. Those in favor argue that the punishment must fit the crime, and that the taking of the life deserves the loss of one’s life. Those opposed argue that we cannot be the arbiters...

Poetic Justice Event Educates Regarding the Death Penalty, But Also Heals and Transforms

by Mandie Sellars | Aug 15, 2018 | Emancipate NC News, Ending the Death Penalty

Poetic Justice, the Carolina Justice Policy Center’s inaugural annual fundraiser held last month, was not only educational, it was also a profoundly moving experience for both the audience and speakers. This powerful event paired spoken word artists with...

New Podcast: Columnist Nicholas Kristof on 'The Framing of Kevin Cooper'

by Mandie Sellars | Jun 7, 2018 | Emancipate NC News, Ending the Death Penalty

On May 20, Nicholas Kristof wrote the longest opinion piece in New York Times history about Kevin Cooper, a California death row prisoner. Evidence in his case suggests that he was framed by evidence planted by the San Bernadino police. Kristof spoke with Robert...

NC State Bar Investigates Lawyer for Treatment of Vulnerable Exonerees

by Mandie Sellars | May 9, 2018 | Emancipate NC News, Ending the Death Penalty

The North Carolina state bar has launched an investigation against Florida lawyer Patrick Megaro for his treatment of two North Carolina exonerees, one of whom was exonerated from death row. Henry McCollum and his half-brother Leon served decades in prison for the...

Memorial Powerfully Confronts Legacy of Lynching

by Mandie Sellars | May 9, 2018 | Emancipate NC News, Ending the Death Penalty

On April 26, 2018, The Equal Justice Initiative opened the Memorial for Peace and Justice. It also opened the Legacy Museum, which tells the stories of the over 4,000 people killed by racial terror lynchings in the century after the Civil War. The museum highlights...
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Emancipate NC was founded on the knowledge that mass incarceration and structural racism harm all of us. Prison is state-sponsored violence. We are all complicit in its harms. As an organization, we are dedicated to shifting the narrative on racialized mass incarceration through community education and mobilization. The mainstream narrative that criminalizes Black and Brown people must be transformed—so that we can all get free.  Emancipate NC is a project of the Carolina Justice Policy Center.

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