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- NOVEMBER 22, 2000North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
A North Carolina legislative committee that has spent...
A North Carolina legislative committee that has spent almost a year analysing the death penalty voted to make three major recommendations when the General Assembly returns in January: An outright ban on executing people deemed mentally retarded, defined a
- NOVEMBER 21, 2000North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
Just hours before his execution on November 22, North...
Just hours before his execution on November 22, North Carolina death row inmate Marcus Carter had his sentence commuted to life in prison without parole by Governor Jim Hunt
- NOVEMBER 11, 2000North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
Micheal Sexton, 34, black, was executed by lethal injection...
Micheal Sexton, 34, black, was executed by lethal injection in Raleigh's Central Prison
- NOVEMBER 2, 2000North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
David Smith, attorney for North Carolina death row...
David Smith, attorney for North Carolina death row inmate Russell Tucker, recently admitted that he purposely tried to sabotage the defence so that his client would be executed
- OCTOBER 16, 2000North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
The City Council of Greensboro, by an 8-1 vote, passed...
The City Council of Greensboro, by an 8-1 vote, passed a resolution urging a moratorium on executions in the state, whose death row is the fifth largest in the nation
- SEPTEMBER 13, 2000North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
The North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers called...
The North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers called for a halt to executions until questions about the fairness of capital punishment could be resolved
- AUGUST 1, 2000North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
Some of North Carolina's leading jurists and law enforcement...
Some of North Carolina's leading jurists and law enforcement administrators voiced their concerns about capital punishment in their state
- JANUARY 1, 2000North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
North Carolina does not forbid the execution of the...
North Carolina does not forbid the execution of the mentally retarded or juvenile offenders but does have life without parole
- DECEMBER 17, 1999North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
The most recent (eighty-fourth) person to be freed...
The most recent (eighty-fourth) person to be freed from death row in the U
- APRIL 3, 1999North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
On April 3, Bishop F
On April 3, Bishop F
- JANUARY 1, 1999North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
Bills to establish a statewide moratorium, to eliminate...
Bills to establish a statewide moratorium, to eliminate the death penalty for those with mental retardation, and to establish a racial justice act were defeated
- JANUARY 1, 1999North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
Support for the death penalty for convicted murderers...
Support for the death penalty for convicted murderers in North Carolina is at 65%, its lowest since 1984, according to a new University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill statewide poll