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North Carolina


State update

Link to the North Carolina Coalition for a Moratorium

Link to People of Faith Against the Death Penalty in North Carolina

Link to death penalty statute

Link to execution statute

Date death penalty reenacted

June 1, 1977

Can a defendant get death penalty for a felony in which s/he was not responsible for the murder?

Yes; also for repeat offenders of criminal sexual conduct with a minor under 11

How is the sentence determined?

Jury

Location of death row(s)

Raleigh

Clemency process

Governor has sole authority to grant clemency

Time of execution (in law and/or by custom)

Not specified

Number of people exonerated from death row since 1973

8

Names of people exonerated from death row since 1973



Execution Method

Lethal Injection

Total Executions Since State's Reinstatement of the Death Penalty: 43


Contact the SDPAC for North Carolina

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