Death Sentences Increase Slightly in North Carolina

Published for NC Criminal Law on September 11, 2014.

I spent a few minutes this morning looking at death penalty data. As most readers know, North Carolina hasn’t had an execution since 2006, as a result of litigation over lethal injection and the Racial Justice Act. But the death penalty remains on the books, the State may seek it, and juries may impose it. ... Read more

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