by Mandie Sellars | Jun 7, 2017 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News, Mass Incarceration
Republican Senator Rand Paul and Democratic Senator Patrick Leahy have pledged to fight back against Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ vow to seek the longest possible sentences even for non-violent drug offenses. Paul, Leahy, and Democrat Jeff Merkley have...
by Mandie Sellars | Jun 7, 2017 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News, Mass Incarceration
It is possible for prosecutors to be champions of progressive criminal justice reform. Larry Krasner, a former civil rights attorney who has never been a prosecutor, has taken the lead to win the Democratic nomination over several experienced prosecutors and a former...
by Mandie Sellars | Jun 7, 2017 | Emancipate NC News, Mass Incarceration
A bill has been introduced in the House which would require sex offenders to pay an initial registration fee of ninety dollars and an annual registration fee of ninety dollars on the anniversary of the initial registration date. The attorney general would recover...
by Mandie Sellars | Mar 28, 2017 | Emancipate NC News, Mass Incarceration
Judge Marion Warren, Director of N.C. Administrative Office of the Courts appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee to present a plan that proposes to unify NC treatment courts and put them in every judicial district in the State. The plan, entitled Judicially...
by Mandie Sellars | Mar 28, 2017 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News, Mass Incarceration
Return with Honor is a new nonprofit in Brunswick County dedicated to creating employment opportunities and training for people who have served in the military and are ex-offenders. Specifically, Return with Honor will hire people who have served in the military to...
by Mandie Sellars | Mar 15, 2017 | Emancipate NC News, Mass Incarceration, Policing
The fifth annual Law Enforcement Summit on Heroin and Fentanyl, hosted by NC Harm Reduction, was last week, as reported by News and Observer. Advocates and members of law enforcement from across North Carolina participated in the summit, which was held at N.C. Museum...
