In my experience, juries in death penalty cases are thoughtful and meticulous in one of the most difficult duties a citizen ...

North Carolina is no exception to this national trend. The death penalty is at the end of its rope. There are good reasons why. As a law professor who works to promote effective policy, it is clear to ...

In an executive order titled "Restoring the Death Penalty and Protecting Public Safety," Trump reversed a Biden-era ...

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There are a lot of reasons that the death penalty is almost never imposed anymore. As a growing cadre of experts has ...

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 ...

North Carolina is no exception to this national trend. The death penalty is at the end of its rope. There are good reasons why. As a law professor who works to promote effective policy ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — In one of his final acts in office, North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper commuted the death sentences of 15 men convicted of murder to life in prison without parole on Tuesday, reducing ...

North Carolina is one of 27 states that offer the death penalty as a form of criminal punishment, despite no execution being carried out in the state since 2006. And before his ultimate decision ...

His 15 commutations account for 11% of the 136 people who had been on North Carolina's death row. Those 15 prisoners include 11 clients of the Center for Death Penalty Litigation, a Durham-based ...

There are a lot of reasons that the death penalty is almost never imposed anymore. Not only is it hugely and uniquely ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — In one of his final acts in office, North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper commuted the death sentences of 15 men convicted of first-degree murder to life in prison without the ...