/tags/death-penalty Death Penalty en-US Copyright Thu, 08 May 2025 18:33:51 GMT /politics/2025-05-08/gop-bills-missed-legislature-crossover-deadline Hundreds of bills likely won't advance at the North Carolina legislature following a Thursday deadline to pass either the House or Senate in order to be eligible for consideration. Thu, 08 May 2025 18:33:51 GMT /politics/2025-05-08/gop-bills-missed-legislature-crossover-deadline Colin Campbell /politics/2025-04-29/nc-house-republicans-executions-electric-chair-firing-squad A bill moving in the state House this week would reintroduce the electric chair and firing squads as part of the death penalty. Tue, 29 Apr 2025 21:00:39 GMT /politics/2025-04-29/nc-house-republicans-executions-electric-chair-firing-squad Colin Campbell /law/2021-06-17/gov-roy-cooper-grants-pardon-ex-death-row-inmate-finch The governor's move makes Charles Ray Finch eligible to file a claim under state law which allows compensation to people wrongly convicted of felonies. Thu, 17 Jun 2021 11:44:18 GMT /law/2021-06-17/gov-roy-cooper-grants-pardon-ex-death-row-inmate-finch Associated Press /show/the-state-of-things/2019-08-23/addressing-racial-bias-in-north-carolinas-judicial-system A University of Michigan study of North Carolina death penalty trials from 2012 showed that prosecutors on average struck black jurors at 2.5 times the… Fri, 23 Aug 2019 17:02:19 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2019-08-23/addressing-racial-bias-in-north-carolinas-judicial-system Amanda Magnus, Frank Stasio /race-demographics/2019-08-23/addressing-racial-bias-in-north-carolinas-judicial-system A University of Michigan study of North Carolina death penalty trials from 2012 showed that prosecutors on average struck black jurors at 2.5 times the… Fri, 23 Aug 2019 17:02:19 GMT /race-demographics/2019-08-23/addressing-racial-bias-in-north-carolinas-judicial-system Amanda Magnus, Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2019-06-19/lethal-state-north-carolinas-delicate-dance-with-death There are 142 inmates on North Carolina’s death row, but the last time the state executed someone was 2006. North Carolina’s history with the death… Wed, 19 Jun 2019 16:51:46 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2019-06-19/lethal-state-north-carolinas-delicate-dance-with-death Dana Terry, Frank Stasio /law/2019-06-19/lethal-state-north-carolinas-delicate-dance-with-death There are 142 inmates on North Carolina’s death row, but the last time the state executed someone was 2006. North Carolina’s history with the death… Wed, 19 Jun 2019 16:51:46 GMT /law/2019-06-19/lethal-state-north-carolinas-delicate-dance-with-death Dana Terry, Frank Stasio /news/2019-03-04/wake-county-death-sentence-is-first-in-more-than-a-decade A Wake County jury sentenced a man to death on Monday after his conviction for killing two people at a motel almost three years ago.News outlets report a… Mon, 04 Mar 2019 21:17:03 GMT /news/2019-03-04/wake-county-death-sentence-is-first-in-more-than-a-decade Associated Press /law/2018-10-12/the-rat-in-the-snakes-belly-most-death-row-inmates-in-nc-await-an-uncertain-fate At the Center for Death Penalty Litigation, the filing cabinets in the corner office are adorned with pictures of vibrant mandalas. The intricate… Fri, 12 Oct 2018 13:05:45 GMT /law/2018-10-12/the-rat-in-the-snakes-belly-most-death-row-inmates-in-nc-await-an-uncertain-fate Rebecca Martinez /law/2017-05-10/death-penalty-debate-picks-up-steam North Carolina has not executed a condemned prisoner since Samuel Flippen was put to death by lethal injection more than 10 years ago. Still, 16 convicted… Wed, 10 May 2017 10:05:00 GMT /law/2017-05-10/death-penalty-debate-picks-up-steam Rusty Jacobs