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20th Anniversary

Press Release: North Carolina Death Penalty Symposium to Examine What Comes After 20 Years with No Executions

Aug 21, 2026
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Liv Perkins-Davenport, Director of Communications & Development, (919) 404-7409, liv@nccadp.org DURHAM, N.C. – North Carolina has now gone 20 years without an execution, even as recent changes to state law have opened the door to their return. On Saturday, people directly impacted by the death penalty will join legal experts and […]

Press Release: North Carolina Death Penalty Symposium to Examine What Comes After 20 Years with No Executions

August 21, 2026 · Liv Perkins-Davenport

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Liv Perkins-Davenport, Director of Communications & Development, (919) 404-7409, liv@nccadp.org DURHAM, N.C. – North Carolina has now gone 20 years without an execution, even as recent changes to state law have opened the door to their return. On Saturday, people directly impacted by the death penalty will join legal experts and […]

Filed Under: 20th Anniversary, Blog, Press Release Tagged With: North Carolina Death Penalty

Press Release: Interfaith Service and Vigil to Commemorate 20 Years Since North Carolina’s Last Execution

Aug 17, 2026
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Liv Perkins-Davenport, Director of Communications & Development, (919) 404-7409, liv@nccadp.org RALEIGH, N.C. – Twenty years to the day after North Carolina’s last execution, community members will gather for an interfaith service at Pullen Memorial Baptist Church before walking by candlelight to Central Prison, following the same path taken by those who […]

Press Release: Interfaith Service and Vigil to Commemorate 20 Years Since North Carolina’s Last Execution

August 17, 2026 · Liv Perkins-Davenport

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Liv Perkins-Davenport, Director of Communications & Development, (919) 404-7409, liv@nccadp.org RALEIGH, N.C. – Twenty years to the day after North Carolina’s last execution, community members will gather for an interfaith service at Pullen Memorial Baptist Church before walking by candlelight to Central Prison, following the same path taken by those who […]

Filed Under: 20th Anniversary, Blog Tagged With: North Carolina Death Penalty

Media Advisory: North Carolina Reaches 20 Years Since Its Last Execution

Aug 14, 2026
Public events in Raleigh and Durham highlight a historic milestone as the state renews efforts to restart executions. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Liv Perkins-Davenport, Director of Communications & Development, (919) 404-7409, liv@nccadp.org RALEIGH, N.C. – North Carolina will reach 20 years since its last execution on Aug. 18. During the anniversary week, the North Carolina […]

Media Advisory: North Carolina Reaches 20 Years Since Its Last Execution

August 14, 2026 · Liv Perkins-Davenport

Public events in Raleigh and Durham highlight a historic milestone as the state renews efforts to restart executions. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Liv Perkins-Davenport, Director of Communications & Development, (919) 404-7409, liv@nccadp.org RALEIGH, N.C. – North Carolina will reach 20 years since its last execution on Aug. 18. During the anniversary week, the North Carolina […]

Filed Under: 20th Anniversary, Blog, Press Release Tagged With: North Carolina Death Penalty

Press Release: As Capital Cases Move Forward Under HB 307, NCCADP Examines North Carolina’s 20 Years Without Executions

Jun 22, 2026
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 22, 2026 Contact: Liv Perkins-Davenport, Director of Communications and Development, (919) 404-7409 RALEIGH, N.C. – As North Carolina officials take new steps toward restarting executions after nearly two decades, the North Carolina Coalition for Alternatives to the Death Penalty (NCCADP) will host a public webinar examining what the state has learned […]

Press Release: As Capital Cases Move Forward Under HB 307, NCCADP Examines North Carolina’s 20 Years Without Executions

June 22, 2026 · Liv Perkins-Davenport

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 22, 2026 Contact: Liv Perkins-Davenport, Director of Communications and Development, (919) 404-7409 RALEIGH, N.C. – As North Carolina officials take new steps toward restarting executions after nearly two decades, the North Carolina Coalition for Alternatives to the Death Penalty (NCCADP) will host a public webinar examining what the state has learned […]

Filed Under: 20th Anniversary, Abolition, Blog, Press Release Tagged With: Abolition, Criminal Justice Reform, innocence, Mass Incarceration, Media Release, North Carolina Death Penalty, Press Release, Racial Justice, Wrongful Convictions

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Last week's interfaith service was only possible b Last week's interfaith service was only possible because so many of our incredible community members offered their words, traditions, experiences, and presence so generously. 

We are grateful to every person who helped lead us through the service:

Rev. Chalice Overy of Pullen Memorial Baptist Church 
Yousuf Siddiqui of the Islamic Association of Raleigh 
Marianne Norris of St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Community
Rabbi Sandra Lawson of Carolina Jews for Justice 
Rev. Frank Dew of the North Carolina Council of Churches 
Nancy Jones of Catholics for Abolition in NC
Rev. Veronica Murphy of Wayman AME Church 
Elizabeth Norval of Unitarian Universalist Peace Fellowship Raleigh 
Rev. Esther Hethcox of First Presbyterian Church, Durham NC 
Noel Nickle of NCCADP
Michael Flaherty of the Kadampa Center for the Practice of Tibetan Buddhism

We are especially grateful to Alfred Rivera and Pat McCoy, members of NCCADP's Survivor Family Engagement Group, who shared a Litany of Remembrance and Healing shaped by their own experiences of the death penalty.

And thank you to each and every person who joined us on this meaningful evening. 

Let the last execution be the last.
A week ago today we gathered outside Central Priso A week ago today we gathered outside Central Prison to bear witness.
Did you know North Carolina STILL has the death pe Did you know North Carolina STILL has the death penalty? We're on a mission to end it, and we need your help. Join us tomorrow, Tuesday, Aug 25 from 7–8 PM for a virtual Death Penalty 101 conversation.

We'll learn all about NC's death penalty landscape, our work to end it, and connect you to ways you can help us end capital punishment in our state. 

REGISTER: bit.ly/NCCADPAug2026
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