Inmates include man convicted of raping and stabbing a four-year-old girl.
Published: Wednesday, September 6th, 2023 @ 10:49 am
By: Daily Wire
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A new Idaho law will allow death row inmates to be executed by firing squad, making the “Gem State” one of only five states that allow that method of execution.
Published: Monday, April 3rd, 2023 @ 1:10 am
By: Daily Wire
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As crime continues to spike throughout the country, the man responsible for instituting a wave of lax prosecutors defends his activism
Published: Saturday, August 13th, 2022 @ 10:06 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Federal Bureau of Prisons has rescheduled the execution of death row inmate Lisa Montgomery, 52, after a judge delayed the most recent execution date when two of her lawyers contracted the coronavirus.
Published: Saturday, November 28th, 2020 @ 12:26 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Voters will decide next week who should preside over North Carolina’s highest court for as long as eight years.
Published: Wednesday, October 28th, 2020 @ 5:14 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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May I introduce you to some of the first-degree murderers who had their death sentences indefinitely postponed by our state Supreme Court on June 5.
Published: Wednesday, September 2nd, 2020 @ 2:08 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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When selecting justices to sit on North Carolina’s highest court, it helps voters to have access to that court’s decisions in major cases.
Published: Wednesday, February 26th, 2020 @ 1:45 am
By: Carolina Journal
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North Carolina's Supreme Court justices heard two oral arguments several weeks ago about two separate Racial Justice Act cases.
Published: Monday, May 12th, 2014 @ 11:56 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Despite having 152 convicted murderers on death row, North Carolina has not conducted an execution since 2006.
Published: Sunday, August 11th, 2013 @ 12:12 pm
By: Thom Goolsby
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As the dust settles on the landmark 2013 North Carolina legislative session, conservatives can look upon the accomplishments of the state legislature and find much to celebrate.
Published: Wednesday, July 31st, 2013 @ 8:05 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Capital punishment - or the death penalty - originates from the Latin word capitalis, which literally translates to "regarding the head," referencing how capital crimes were originally punished by the severing of the head.
Published: Sunday, July 21st, 2013 @ 9:01 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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For good reason, the Racial Justice Act (RJA) was recently repealed by the North Carolina General Assembly.
Published: Tuesday, July 16th, 2013 @ 5:42 pm
By: Thom Goolsby
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During the 2009 Session of the General Assembly, Senator Floyd McKissick(D) from Durham County introduced the Racial Justice Act SB461. The act provides a process by which statistical evidence could be used to establish that race was the basis for seeking or obtaining the death penalty in any case.
Published: Sunday, January 20th, 2013 @ 10:00 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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In 2009, the NC General Assembly passed S.L. 2009-464, also known as the Racial Justice Act. The law provided that in capital cases defendants could use statistical evidence to prove racial bias in their case.
Published: Monday, July 23rd, 2012 @ 7:16 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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With the $20.1 billion budget headed to the Senate floor, lawmakers are beginning to talk seriously about ending the 2012 short session of the General Assembly. Yet a few items remain on their to-do list.
Published: Friday, June 15th, 2012 @ 1:38 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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