Press Releases
General
COVID-19 Decarceration Efforts
- August 19, 2020 - Groups Call on Court to Enforce Protections for People Incarcerated During Pandemic
- [OP-ED] The Moral — and legal — case for emptying NC prisons.
- April 15, 2020 - Forward Justice Supports Durham DA Satana Deberry’s Efforts to Protect Incarcerated People From COVID-19
- April 8, 2020 - Civil Rights Groups File Emergency Lawsuit to Demand State Officials Protect Incarcerated People From COVID-19
- March 19, 2020 - Groups Urge Officials to Reduce and Protect Incarcerated Population Amidst Coronavirus Outbreak
Unlock Our Vote Campaign
- September 4, 2020 - NC Court Grants Summary Judgment, finding that States’ Disenfranchisement Law Violates the State Constitution
- May 11, 2020 - Civil Rights Groups File Summary Judgment Motion in Case to Restore Voting Rights to Nearly 60,000 North Carolinians Ahead of the November Election
- November 20, 2019 - Community Success Initiative, Justice Served NC, INC., NC NAACP File Historic Rights Restoration Legal Challenge Seeking to Restore More than 70,000 North Carolinians to the Rolls
Season of Democracy Campaign
FJ in the News
COVID-19 Decarceration Efforts
Unlock Our Vote Campaign
- WRAL-TV: Editorial: Felons who've served their prison time should be able to vote after release
- Facing South: Poverty continues to prevent many ex-felons from voting
- The Charlotte Observer: Some, but not all, felons win back the right to vote in NC 2020 elections
- Spectrum News One: Group Fights for Second Chance at Voting Rights
- WNCT CBS-9: Online Originals: North Carolina Court finds a felon disenfranchisement rule “unconstitutional”
Season of Democracy Campaign
Photo Voter ID
- WFAE 90.7: Judge Rules NC Photo ID, Income Tax Amendments Are Unconstitutional
- Associated Press: Judge strikes down North Carolina voter ID OK’d by voters
- The Hill: Judge tosses North Carolina mandatory voter ID amendment citing gerrymandering
- CNN: Federal court says it will temporarily block new NC voter ID law