Death Penalty

The General Assembly passed the legislation in response to the widely publicized murder of Iryna Zarutska on board a Charlotte light rail car.

The proposal was added to Iryna's Law during debate late Monday evening. It added a partisan element to a bill that had appeared to have bipartisan support.

Hundreds of bills likely won't advance at the North Carolina legislature following a Thursday deadline to pass either the House or Senate in order to be eligible for consideration.

A bill moving in the state House this week would reintroduce the electric chair and firing squads as part of the death penalty.

The governor's move makes Charles Ray Finch eligible to file a claim under state law which allows compensation to people wrongly convicted of felonies.

A University of Michigan study of North Carolina death penalty trials from 2012 showed that prosecutors on average struck black jurors at 2.5 times the…

A University of Michigan study of North Carolina death penalty trials from 2012 showed that prosecutors on average struck black jurors at 2.5 times the…

There are 142 inmates on North Carolina’s death row, but the last time the state executed someone was 2006. North Carolina’s history with the death…

There are 142 inmates on North Carolina’s death row, but the last time the state executed someone was 2006. North Carolina’s history with the death…

A Wake County jury sentenced a man to death on Monday after his conviction for killing two people at a motel almost three years ago.News outlets report a…