North Carolina has a total of 136 people on death row. All but two are men. According to a demographic summary from the North Carolina Department of Public Safety, 75 are Black, 51 are […] ...

Before Tuesday, North Carolina had 136 offenders on death row, among the top 5 largest death rows in the U.S. Gov. Roy Cooper's office said it had received clemency petitions from 89 of them.

SMITHFIELD, N.C. (CN) — A Black North Carolina man argued Wednesday that his race was factor in the jury selection that led to his 2009 death sentence as part of an case brought under the North ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Attorneys for a Tennessee death row inmate have launched a last-ditch effort to prevent his Aug. 5 ...

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So far in 2025, Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed eight death warrants, tying a record for a single year. Here's a look at who's ...

Republican Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina won't seek reelection after saying he'll oppose Trump's tax bill.

The Associated Press reported that Richard Gerald Jordan is scheduled to receive a lethal injection at the Mississippi State ...

In nearly 350 death penalty cases Maricopa County prosecutors pursued over 20 years, just 13% ended in a death sentence. The numbers indicate the need for a more deliberate and transparent process to ...

Nearly five decades after being convicted of murder, a Mississippi man got executed. Can that happen in NJ, PA?

A federal judge said it was "hard to picture a winner" in the legal battle between NASCAR and two teams -- 23XI Racing and ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — In one of his final acts in office, North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper commuted the death sentences of 15 men convicted of first-degree murder to life in prison without the ...