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- SEPTEMBER 22, 2004North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
Charles Wesley Roache gave up his appeals to demonstrate his remorse for 6 murders in 1999.
Charles Wesley Roache gave up his appeals to demonstrate his remorse for 6 murders in 1999.
- AUGUST 23, 2004North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
Donald John Scanlon was resentenced to life in prison...
Donald John Scanlon was resentenced to life in prison without parole for the apparent 1996 asphyxiation slaying of Claudine Wilson Harris
- AUGUST 16, 2004North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
Michael Lee Fullwood, 48, who was convicted of the...
Michael Lee Fullwood, 48, who was convicted of the March 29, 1985 murder of Deirdre Waters, had his death sentence overturned by Graham C
- AUGUST 13, 2004North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
The state Supreme Court awarded a new trial to convicted...
The state Supreme Court awarded a new trial to convicted killer Todd Charles Boggess, who is on death row for fatally beating Danny Lee Pence, a student, 9 years ago
- MAY 17, 2004North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
63 % of North Carolinians support a temporary suspension...
63 % of North Carolinians support a temporary suspension of executions while the state's capital punishment system is studied, according to a major statewide public opinion poll released today by the North Carolina Coalition for a Moratorium
- MAY 6, 2004North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
In Asheboro, John Scott Badgett, 36, received the death...
In Asheboro, John Scott Badgett, 36, received the death penalty
- APRIL 28, 2004North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
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- APRIL 26, 2004North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
Jonathan Gregory Hoffman will receive a new trial after...
Jonathan Gregory Hoffman will receive a new trial after the prosecutor who convinced a jury to convict him admitted in court that critical evidence had been withheld at his 1996 trial
- APRIL 15, 2004North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
Gov. Mike Easley pardoned Darryl Eugene Hunt, who was...
Gov. Mike Easley pardoned Darryl Eugene Hunt, who was cleared on February 6 (see) of a 1984 murder on the strength of DNA evidence that implicated someone else. The "pardon of innocence" closes the criminal case
- MARCH 17, 2004North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
In Asheboro, a jury has sentenced Jason Wayne Hurst...
In Asheboro, a jury has sentenced Jason Wayne Hurst to death for the murder and robbery of Daniel Lee Branch on June 9, 2002
- FEBRUARY 25, 2004North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
Based on belated evidence and the allegedly poor performance...
Based on belated evidence and the allegedly poor performance of trial lawyers, Superior Court Judge Ron Stephens, who presided over the original trial, concluded that Donald John Scanlon should be sentenced anew for the apparent asphyxiation of 64-year-ol
- FEBRUARY 18, 2004North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
Alan Gell, 28, who spent a decade behind bars in the...
Alan Gell, 28, who spent a decade behind bars in the 1995 murder of Allen Ray Jenkins, has been set free after a Bertie County jury's not-guilty verdict