DPIC Press Release: Landmark North Carolina Study of Race and the Death Penalty to be Released Monday

Landmark North Carolina Study of Race and the Death Penalty
to be Released Monday

First Statewide review of race bias in the South since early 1980’s

WASHINGTON, DC — On Monday, April 16, the most thor­ough statewide review in North Carolina’s his­to­ry regard­ing racial bias and the death penal­ty will be released in Raleigh, NC. The study was con­duct­ed by Dr. Isaac Unah of the Department of Political Science of the University of North Carolina, and Professor John Charles Boger, a pro­fes­sor at the UNC School of Law.

The study is the most com­pre­hen­sive race study to come out of the South in near­ly two decades. It will con­tribute new evi­dence relat­ed to the con­cerns in North Carolina and across the Nation about racial dis­par­i­ties in the death penal­ty. Lawmakers in North Carolina are con­sid­er­ing mora­to­ri­um leg­is­la­tion that has been intro­duce in both the State Senate and House. The mea­sure calls for a halt to exe­cu­tions while anoth­er state study of the fair­ness of cap­i­tal pun­ish­ment is con­duct­ed.

For copies of the study or more infor­ma­tion about the report and Monday’s event, please con­tact Chris Fitzsimon — Executive Director of the Common Sense Foundation — at 919/​821‑9270 or via e‑mail at chris@​common-​sense.​org.

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