by Elizabeth Simpson | Jul 15, 2021 | Emancipate NC News, Ending the Death Penalty
Last week, Emancipate NC filed an amicus curiae (“friend of the court”) brief in the Supreme Court of North Carolina on behalf of the N.C. Association of Black Lawyers and the N.C. State Conference of the NAACP. The brief supports Russell Tucker, a Black man sentenced...
by Elizabeth Simpson | May 21, 2021 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News, Ending the Death Penalty, Mass Incarceration
Photo depicts Emancipate NC Advocate Cierra Cobb speaking to WRAL after Mr. Kearney’s bond hearing in Warrenton, NC on May 20, 2021. A criminal justice system void of justice is just criminal. Mr. Lester Kearney, Sr. is a victim of a criminal system, so...
by Elizabeth Simpson | May 18, 2021 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News, Ending the Death Penalty, Mass Incarceration, Uncategorized
Bond Motion Reveals That Defendant in Lake Gaston Home Invasion May Be Innocent; Has Been Unfairly Tried In the Media Warrenton, NC, May 20, 2021–Countless sensational news stories have already convicted Lester Kearney of the capital murder of Dr. Nancy Alford...
by Elizabeth Simpson | Mar 30, 2021 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News, Ending the Death Penalty, Mass Incarceration, Policing
N.C. Attorney General Josh Stein, Chair of the Racial Equity Task Force, Has Been a Disappointment to Racial Justice Advocates. We Challenge Him to Do Better. A Call to Action from Emancipate NC, March 30, 2021 Governor Cooper’s appointment of Attorney General Josh...
by Elizabeth Simpson | Mar 29, 2021 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News, Ending the Death Penalty, Mass Incarceration, Policing
On Tuesday, March 30, 2021, at 10 am, Emancipate NC will hold a virtual press conference via Zoom to share an open letter to Attorney General Josh Stein. Speakers include Emancipate NC Executive Director, Attorney Dawn Blagrove, Emancipate NC staff attorney Ian...
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...
