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NC Coalition for Alternatives to the Death Penalty

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Jimmy Morgan, smiling, in a checkered sweater and white collar

Resentenced to Life: Why justice matters, even for my guilty clients

Nov 14, 2018
Legally, there was a strong argument that even though Jimmy was guilty, he should never have been sentenced to death. The jury that sentenced him didn’t know that this impulsive crime was in part the product of several traumatic brain injuries, which began in childhood. If Jimmy were retried now, he would never receive a death sentence. No Buncombe jury has sentenced anyone to death since 2000.

Resentenced to Life: Why justice matters, even for my guilty clients

November 14, 2018 · Kristin Collins

Jimmy Morgan, smiling, in a checkered sweater and white collar
Jimmy Morgan, smiling, in a checkered sweater and white collar

Legally, there was a strong argument that even though Jimmy was guilty, he should never have been sentenced to death. The jury that sentenced him didn’t know that this impulsive crime was in part the product of several traumatic brain injuries, which began in childhood. If Jimmy were retried now, he would never receive a death sentence. No Buncombe jury has sentenced anyone to death since 2000.

Filed Under: Arbitrary Use, Guest Posts, Intellectual Disabilities, Latest News, Mental Disabilities, Why We Care

Nathan Bowie and his father smiling, arms around each other

Why most of N.C.’s death row inmates never should have gotten the death penalty

Oct 9, 2018
After 12 years without an execution, many people believe the North Carolina death penalty is dead. That might be true — if it weren’t for the more than 140 people still on death row. A new report shows that, by today's standards, most of them shouldn't be there.

Why most of N.C.’s death row inmates never should have gotten the death penalty

October 9, 2018 · Kristin Collins

Nathan Bowie and his father smiling, arms around each other
Nathan Bowie and his father smiling, arms around each other

After 12 years without an execution, many people believe the North Carolina death penalty is dead. That might be true — if it weren’t for the more than 140 people still on death row. A new report shows that, by today’s standards, most of them shouldn’t be there.

Filed Under: Arbitrary Use, Declining Use, False Evidence, Innocence, Latest News, Laws have Changed, but Sentences Remain Unexamined, Mental Disabilities, Partner Spotlights, Public Opinion, Stories

Justices' benches at the Supreme Court of the State of North Carolina

N.C. Supreme Court overturns death sentence for disabled man

Jun 12, 2018
Even with the number of death sentences slowed to a trickle, our state still can’t get it right in death penalty cases. The N.C. Supreme Court has just overturned the sentence of of a death row prisoner from Forsyth County, saying there was ample evidence that he had intellectual disabilities and mental illness that should have moved the jury to spare him from execution.

N.C. Supreme Court overturns death sentence for disabled man

June 12, 2018 · Kristin Collins

Justices' benches at the Supreme Court of the State of North Carolina
Justices' benches at the Supreme Court of the State of North Carolina

Even with the number of death sentences slowed to a trickle, our state still can’t get it right in death penalty cases. The N.C. Supreme Court has just overturned the sentence of of a death row prisoner from Forsyth County, saying there was ample evidence that he had intellectual disabilities and mental illness that should have moved the jury to spare him from execution.

Filed Under: Declining Use, Intellectual Disabilities, Latest News, Mental Disabilities

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PLEASE sign our People of Faith Letter TODAY! Have PLEASE sign our People of Faith Letter TODAY! Have you signed our People of Faith letter yet? If you live in NC and identify as a person of faith, we invite you to add your voice to the thousands who are already joining us in calling for Governor Cooper to commute all NC death sentences!

Sign the letter at bit.ly/NCPeopleOfFaithLtr or at the link in our bio!

THERE IS ONLY ONE WEEK LEFT TO SIGN! Our goal is to reach 4300 signatures by September 28th. Please consider signing the letter if you have not already, and also share the letter with a few friends who you think might want to sign as well!

Make sure you do not miss your chance to join us in telling Governor Cooper #NoMoreDeathRow! 

#ncdeathrow #EndTheDeathPenalty #northcarolinadeathpenalty #ncpol #ncgov
A stray bullet killed her sister two decades ago i A stray bullet killed her sister two decades ago in New York. Shneaqua Purvis eventually became a gun violence interrupter, dedicating her life to preventing tragedies like the one that befell her family. That included counseling the man who fired the deadly shot. “I want my story to reflect my own work,” Purvis says, “I can’t just talk about it. I need to be about it.”

Link to full story in our bio!
Four medical supply manufacturers are refusing to Four medical supply manufacturers are refusing to sell their equipment for use in lethal injection executions. This limitation may further hamper the ability of states to carry out executions, as a multitude of pharmaceutical companies have already placed restrictions on selling their drugs to departments of correction. 

Among these manufacturers was Johnson & Johnson. Joshina Kapoor, a spokesperson for the company, said that Johnson & Johnson “develops medical innovations to save and enhance lives… We do not condone the use of our products for lethal injections in capital punishment.”

Link to full article in @theintercept in our bio!

#nomoredeathrow #ncdeathrow #EndTheDeathPenalty #northcarolinadeathpenalty #ncpol #ncgov
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