PUBLICATION: NC Law Review
Date: 3/1/2022
With fellow lifer Timothy Johnson, Phillip proposes legislation that will make release available to those serving life without parole in North Carolina. Phillip and Tim designed a law that mandates the completion of behavioral, vocational, and educational goals over 20 years in order for lifers to earn release. The pair also argue that mandatory minimum sentencing laws actually promote violence through hopelessness instead of helping incarcerated people find paths of change.