NC district attorney: death penalty clemency erases jury, prosecutors, victim’s family | Opinion
In my experience, juries in death penalty cases are thoughtful and meticulous in one of the most difficult duties a citizen ...
Opinion
Roy Cooper’s commutations should signal the death penalty’s end in North Carolina | Opinion
Gov. Roy Cooper is the first governor in the history of North Carolina’s modern death penalty to commute more than two death penalty cases. | Opinion ...
New York Post21d
Outgoing North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper follows in Biden’s footsteps with last-minute death sentence commutations
North Carolina is one of 27 states that have the death penalty as a criminal punishment, according to the Death Penalty Information Center, although governors in five of those states currently ...
The Financial1d
New death sen­tences in 2024 increased from 2023
In an executive order titled "Restoring the Death Penalty and Protecting Public Safety," Trump reversed a Biden-era ...
The death penalty is slowly fading away
There are a lot of reasons that the death penalty is almost never imposed anymore. As a growing cadre of experts has ...
UPI22d
N.C. governor commutes 15 death penalty sentences before leaving office
Dec. 31 (UPI) --Outgoing North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper on Tuesday announced 15 commutations of the death penalty to life in prison without the possibility of parole. "These reviews are among the ...
President Trump’s Jan. 6 pardons draw criticism from NC Senator Thom Tillis
A sweeping presidential pardon for January 6 rioters drew the criticism of North Carolina Senator Thom Tillis on Tuesday.
One dead at North Carolina’s North Hills mall as Raleigh police rush to scene of ‘active shooter’
The incident took place at the North Hills Mall, which is in an affluent area of Raleigh. While the call was initially for an ...
Charlotte Observer9d
NC district attorney: death penalty clemency erases jury, prosecutors, victim’s family | Opinion
In his essay, Mr. Nieman presents his perspective on the death penalty, a view he says is rooted in personal convictions. His opinions do not represent the collective views of North Carolina ...