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 ...
Times Union22d
Outgoing North Carolina governor commutes 15 death row sentences
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 have ...
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 ...
Newsday22d
Outgoing North Carolina governor commutes 15 death row sentences
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 ...