Emancipate Votes | Use Your Vote to End Mass Incarceration YOUR VOTE Determines the State of North Carolinas Justice System POLICIESset by criminal legal officials YOU elect ACTIONStaken by criminal legal officials YOU elect The State of North Carolinas Criminal Legal System POLICIES set by criminal justice officials YOU elect ACTIONS taken by criminal justice officials YOU elect The State of North Carolinas Criminal Justice System Local elected officials can transform outcomes in North Carolinas legal system including Mass Incarceration Police Accountability Cash Bail Use of the Death Penalty Institutionalized Racism School to Prison Pipeline Local elected officials have the power to address the many of the current problems with North Carolinas justice system including Mass Incarceration Police Accountability Cash Bail Use of the Death Penalty Institutionalized Racism School to Prison Pipeline Sheriffs The policies and actions taken by your local sheriff directly affect how the criminal legal system interacts with your community. County sheriffs have the power to set policies that impact the schooltoprison pipeline gun ownership mass incarceration and much more. They also have the power to protect and care for those who are arrested and in jail. District Attorneys District Attorneys DAs wield tremendous and often unchecked power.