June 29
NORTH CAROLINA:
Repeal of NC Racial Justice Act leaves questions about future executions,
legacy in its wake
With the repeal of North Carolina's Racial Justice Act after just four years on
the books, it's uncertain how quickly the state will resume executions or what
the lega
June 28
NORTH CAROLINA:
Perdue vetoes rewrite of Racial Justice Act
Gov. Bev Perdue on Thursday vetoed the bill that would have gutted the Racial
Justice Act, the 2009 law that allows death-row inmates to try to convert their
sentences to life in prison without parole by using statistic
Sept. 12
NORTH CAROLINA:
3 face death penalty in death of ASU student in 2005
The first of three trials in the 2005 murder of an Appalachian State
University student is scheduled to begin Monday morning in superior court.
The three men accused in the death of 19-year-old Stephen William
Dec. 2
NORTH CAROLINA(1000th USA) execution
N.C. executes nation's 1,000th inmate since '76Kenneth Lee Boyd,
sentenced to die by lethal injection, spends final night in Central Prison
North Carolina's execution of Kenneth Lee Boyd this morning would have
happened quietly, but nume
Jan. 23
NORTH CAROLINA:
Sledge exoneration drives another nail in NC death penalty
Today's exoneration of Joseph Sledge after 36 years behind bars for a crime he
did not commit gives rise to 1 overriding question today:
How many more men wrongfully convicted and imprisoned (or even s
June 9
NORTH CAROLINA:
Judge steps aside in Racial Justice Act appeals
A Superior Court judge agreed Thursday to allow another judge to hear the
appeals of four convicted killers in their renewed bid to get off death row.
Judge Jim Ammons was upset that defense attorneys questioned
April 24
NORTH CAROLINA:
Man Convicted in ASU Student Murder Spared Death Penalty
A man convicted of first-degree murder in the death of an Appalachian
State University student was spared the death penalty when the victim's
parents asked that the sentencing hearing be stopped.
The Winston-
May 30
NORTH CAROLINA:
House Committee To Consider Two-Year Moratorium On Death Penalty
The push for a 2-year moratorium on executions could take a major step
forward Tuesday.
A House judiciary committee is set to consider the idea Tuesday morning.
If the bill passes the committee, the fu
death penalty news
January 2, 2005
NORTH CAROLINA (death penalty related):
Aces and disgraces foretold
Most of the bowl games are over, the black-eyed peas eaten, and the
hangovers beginning to fade.
Which means it's time to make a fool of myself with my annual fearless
forecasts.
To parap
Dec. 1
NORTH CAROLINAimpending (1000th USA) execution
Milestone of shame
Governor Easley could spare North Carolina the ignominy of conducting the
nation's 1,000th execution since the Supreme Court reinstated the death
penalty nearly 3 decades ago. But, unless Easley has a welcome chang
Nov. 29
NORTH CAROLINA:
Boyd is set to become the 1,000th person executed in U.S. since 1976.
A death row inmate set to become the 1000th person executed since capital
punishment was reinstated is speaking out. Kenneth Boyd is scheduled to
die early Friday morning. He says he only has himse
June 17
NORTH CAROLINA:
End appeals
Anti-death penalty forces claim DNA evidence is a reason to do away with
the death penalty. I see it as a way to do away with many of the endless
appeals that have death sentences tied up in courts for years.
All inmates on death row should have their c
April 7
NORTH CAROLINA:
N.C. legislature on sidelines of execution lawsuitEthics battle
between medical board, AG's office hampers action
House Speaker Joe Hackney sounded hesitant Thursday to consider
legislation that tries to resolve an impasse over the role of doctors
during execut
April 7
NORTH CAROLINA:
N.C. legislature on sidelines of execution lawsuitEthics battle
between medical board, AG's office hampers action
House Speaker Joe Hackney sounded hesitant Thursday to consider
legislation that tries to resolve an impasse over the role of doctors
during execut
Oct. 20
NORTH CAROLINA:
Doctors appeal ruling on executionsA North Carolina judge had said the
state medical board can't bar members' involvement.
North Carolina doctors reasserted their opposition to participating in the
executions of condemned criminals this week, appealing a judge'
July 23
NORTH CAROLINA:
Video Footage Released of Execution Facility in North Carolina
Captured on film, the warden of North Carolina's Central Prison (Marvin
Polk) narrates the preparation and final hours before an execution in
Raleigh, where the state execution facilities are located.
Feb. 21
NORTH CAROLINA:
Ethical conflict delays executions
A legal and ethical bind has brought executions to a halt in North
Carolina: A federal judge ruled that a doctor must monitor the condemned
for signs of pain. But the state's medical board has threatened to punish
any doctor who
June 25
NORTH CAROLINA:
Death penalty may be on trial with accused
Lauren Redman looked up at 1 of her killers and asked him to put the knife
down. She was going to die anyway, bleeding from 2 dozen wounds.
"I got to, Ma," one of the accused men, Byron Lamar Waring, 20, told her,
accordi
April 6
NORTH CAROLINA:
Inmate requests DNA testExecution date near in '90 killings
Death row inmate Jerry Conner has asked Gov. Mike Easley to order a DNA
test that he hopes will prove his innocence in the 1990 murder and rape of
a mother and daughter.
Conner, 40, is scheduled to be e
Nov. 8
NORTH CAROLINA:
Death row inmate to get a new trial
A judge has ordered a new trial for a Hickory man on death row since 1994,
saying the lead investigator in the man's double-murder case withheld
critical evidence and lied on the stand. In a 186-page ruling issued
Tuesday, N.C. Su
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