by Mandie Sellars | Nov 23, 2016 | Emancipate NC News, Legislative Updates
As Trump begins to assemble his cabinet, serious concerns exist not only about the ways in which progress may be eroded, but also about how local police and state criminal justice systems will be used to carry out an agenda that has already been sharply focused on...
by Mandie Sellars | Nov 23, 2016 | Emancipate NC News, Legislative Updates
Now that the election results have determined the landscape of the general assembly, what does it mean for criminal justice issues? Legislative Balance of Power – Few Changes The balance of power in the General Assembly is nearly the same as it was for the past...
by Mandie Sellars | Nov 5, 2016 | Emancipate NC News, Legislative Updates
We join friends and advocates across the state in mourning the death of Rep. Paul Luebke. Luebke was an unfailing champion for every positive criminal justice measure since he was first elected in 1990. Luebke not only voted for, but worked for, efforts to win a...