by Mandie Sellars | Jun 7, 2017 | Emancipate NC News, Ending the Death Penalty
In an article written by Gretchen Engle, Executive Director of the Center for Death Penalty Litigation, Engle deconstructs the myth that the death penalty punishes the “worst of the worst” offenders. The article explains that instead, death sentences are...
by Mandie Sellars | Jun 7, 2017 | Emancipate NC News, Ending the Death Penalty
A man in Florida who was facing two death sentences has been exonerated. Ralph Daniel Wright Jr., a former sergeant, had been previously convicted of murdering his lover and their 15-month-old child in 2007. The Florida Supreme Court held that the evidence was...
by Mandie Sellars | Mar 28, 2017 | Emancipate NC News, Ending the Death Penalty
“Darryl Hunt’s spirit spoke innocence,” said Dr. John Mendez of Emmanuel Baptist Church. This was a beautiful and succinct description of Mr. Hunt, who dedicated his life to eradicating the death penalty. He spent 19 years in prison for a crime he...
by Mandie Sellars | Mar 28, 2017 | Emancipate NC News, Ending the Death Penalty
Prosecutors have the power to essentially stop the use of the death penalty. How? By pledging not to charge any defendants capitally. It really is that simple. Prosecutors have total control over whether a case is tried as a death penalty case or a case with the...
by Mandie Sellars | Mar 15, 2017 | Emancipate NC News, Ending the Death Penalty
March has been a good month for advocates against the death penalty in North Carolina. In the seventh straight trial, a Wake County jury has considered all the evidence and returned a sentence of life without the possibility of parole. By rejecting the death penalty,...
by Mandie Sellars | Mar 11, 2017 | Emancipate NC News, Ending the Death Penalty
In a 6-2 ruling, the United State Supreme Court overturned the death sentence of Duane Buck. Justice Thomas and Justice Alito dissented. According to the New York Times, the Court indicated the case as was riddled with “particularly noxious strains of racial...
