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 […] ...

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 ...

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.