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Policy Issues

Arbitrariness

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Sentencing Data

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Oct 16, 2018

73% of North Carolina’s Death Row Sentenced Under Obsolete Laws, New Report Says

Most of the 142 prisoners on North Carolina’s death row were convicted under obsolete and outdated death-penalty laws and would not have been sentenced to death if tried today, according to a new report by the Center for D…

Policy Issues

Race

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History of the Death Penalty

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Oct 07, 2020

Groundbreaking ‘Racist Roots’ Project Exposes Racism Endemic in North Carolina’s Death Penalty

North Carolina’s death penalty is a weapon of social control rooted in a racist past. That is the message of a groundbreaking new collaborative project, Racist Roots: Origins of North Carolin…

Policy Issues

Costs

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Innocence

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Jun 22, 2015

STUDY: “The Hidden Costs of Wrongful Capital Prosecutions in North Carolina”

A new study by North Carolina’s Center for Death Penalty Litigation examines the financial and human costs of cases in which, “prosecutors sought the death penalty despite a clear lack of evidence, resulting in acquittal or dismis…

Entries tagged with “Center for Death Penalty Litigation — North Carolina”

Policy Issues

73% of North Carolina’s Death Row Sentenced Under Obsolete Laws, New Report Says

Policy Issues

Groundbreaking ​‘Racist Roots’ Project Exposes Racism Endemic in North Carolina’s Death Penalty

Policy Issues

STUDY: ​“The Hidden Costs of Wrongful Capital Prosecutions in North Carolina”

Groundbreaking ‘Racist Roots’ Project Exposes Racism Endemic in North Carolina’s Death Penalty

STUDY: “The Hidden Costs of Wrongful Capital Prosecutions in North Carolina”