North Carolina has a total of 137 people on death row. All but two are men. According to a demographic summary from the North Carolina Department of Public Safety, 74 are Black, 53 are […] ...

The majority of North Carolina's death row inmates—74 out of 134—are Black or African American, making up about 55.2% of the list compared to 20% of the state's population according to the ...

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.

Robinson was the youngest person ever sentenced to death in North Carolina. He had been on death row for 15 years when, in August of 2009, the North Carolina legislature, dominated at the time by ...

The North Carolina Supreme Court ruled on Friday that three death row inmates will have their sentences reduced to life in prison through the state’s now-defunct Racial Justice Act.

The North Carolina Supreme Court ruled on Friday that three death row inmates will have their sentences reduced to life in prison through the state's now-defunct Racial Justice Act.

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 ...

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 ...

North Carolina is one of 27 states that have the death penalty as a criminal punishment. AP Cooper received national attention this year as he surfaced as a potential running mate for Democratic ...