In my experience, juries in death penalty cases are thoughtful and meticulous in one of the most difficult duties a citizen ...

North Carolina is no exception to this national trend. The death penalty is at the end of its rope. There are good reasons why. As a law professor who works to promote effective policy, it is clear to ...

In an executive order titled "Restoring the Death Penalty and Protecting Public Safety," Trump reversed a Biden-era ...

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 ...

There are a lot of reasons that the death penalty is almost never imposed anymore. As a growing cadre of experts has demonstrated, the death penalty is hugely and uniquely expensive to apply and doesn ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — In one of his final acts in office, North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper commuted the death sentences of 15 men convicted of murder to life in prison without parole on Tuesday, reducing ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — In one of his final acts in office, North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper commuted the death sentences of 15 men convicted of first-degree murder to life in prison without the ...

North Carolina is no exception to this national trend. The death penalty is at the end of its rope. There are good reasons why. As a law professor who works to promote effective policy ...

RALEIGH, NC – The American Civil Liberties Union, the Legal Defense Fund, the Center for Death Penalty Litigation, and attorney Jay Ferguson praised North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper for commuting the ...

North Carolina is one of 27 states that offer the death penalty as a form of criminal punishment, despite no execution being carried out in the state since 2006. And before his ultimate decision ...

His 15 commutations account for 11% of the 136 people who had been on North Carolina's death row. Those 15 prisoners include 11 clients of the Center for Death Penalty Litigation, a Durham-based ...