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NC Coalition for Alternatives to the Death Penalty

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Laws have Changed, but Sentences Remain Unexamined

A young Nathan Bowie, age 4, smiling on a building's front stoop, in Philadelphia

NC, let’s take a hint from Washington: It’s time to end the racist death penalty

Oct 16, 2018
Last week, Washington became the 20th state to end the death penalty after its Supreme Court ruled that capital punishment is arbitrary and racially biased. If those are reasons to outlaw the death penalty, then it is surely time for the North Carolina death penalty to go. If anything, the death penalty in NC is more racist, more arbitrary, and threatens the lives of far more people.

NC, let’s take a hint from Washington: It’s time to end the racist death penalty

October 16, 2018 · Kristin Collins

A young Nathan Bowie, age 4, smiling on a building's front stoop, in Philadelphia
A young Nathan Bowie, age 4, smiling on a building's front stoop, in Philadelphia

Last week, Washington became the 20th state to end the death penalty after its Supreme Court ruled that capital punishment is arbitrary and racially biased. If those are reasons to outlaw the death penalty, then it is surely time for the North Carolina death penalty to go. If anything, the death penalty in NC is more racist, more arbitrary, and threatens the lives of far more people.

Filed Under: Abolition, Arbitrary Use, Declining Support, Declining Use, Latest News, Laws have Changed, but Sentences Remain Unexamined, National News, Racial Bias

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

Time to move on: Calls for death penalty fall flat in N.C.

Dec 14, 2017
In 2017, N.C. juries rejected the death penalty, more innocent people were released from death row, and public support for executions fell to a 45-year low. As we look to 2018, let’s skip the outdated death penalty rhetoric and start looking for solutions that actually make people safer — like properly staffing prisons and supplying guards with working radios.

Time to move on: Calls for death penalty fall flat in N.C.

December 14, 2017 · Kristin Collins

In 2017, N.C. juries rejected the death penalty, more innocent people were released from death row, and public support for executions fell to a 45-year low. As we look to 2018, let’s skip the outdated death penalty rhetoric and start looking for solutions that actually make people safer — like properly staffing prisons and supplying guards with working radios.

Filed Under: Declining Use, Innocence, Latest News, Laws have Changed, but Sentences Remain Unexamined, Lethal Injection, National News, Public Opinion, Statistics

Painting by artist on NC Death Row

After 20 years on death row, a fair ending to a family tragedy

Feb 13, 2017
A man who spent nearly 20 years on death row was recently re-sentenced to life in prison without parole. It was a sane resolution to a senseless and much-regretted crime committed by a deeply troubled teenager. Phillip Davis was re-sentenced with the full of support Buncombe County District Attorney Todd Williams. If only more North Carolina district attorneys would consider resolving decades-old cases with evidence of prosecutorial misconduct.

After 20 years on death row, a fair ending to a family tragedy

February 13, 2017 · Kristin Collins

Painting by artist on NC Death Row
Painting by artist on NC Death Row

A man who spent nearly 20 years on death row was recently re-sentenced to life in prison without parole. It was a sane resolution to a senseless and much-regretted crime committed by a deeply troubled teenager. Phillip Davis was re-sentenced with the full of support Buncombe County District Attorney Todd Williams. If only more North Carolina district attorneys would consider resolving decades-old cases with evidence of prosecutorial misconduct.

Filed Under: Latest News, Laws have Changed, but Sentences Remain Unexamined, Racial Bias

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April Barber Scales explains how her three decades April Barber Scales explains how her three decades of incarceration finally came to an end when Governor Cooper assembled the Juvenile Sentencing Review Board in early 2021. The board was created to review the cases of individuals who were sentenced before the age of 18, which included April. She was released on March 24th, 2022.

April now works as a Personal Care Aide in the home health field and is an accomplished author, having published four books. She also founded Fenced In: Fighting For Freedom Advocacy which provides resources both for incarcerated individuals and formerly incarcerated individuals who are re-entering into society.

April will also be joining us as a speaker on Saturday at #NowIsTheTime! We look forward to hearing what April has to say to Governor Cooper as a directly-impacted person about the urgency of commutations. We hope you will be there with us!

Register for the rally today at bit.ly/NowIsTheTimeRally

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This year on Giving Tuesday, the best donation you This year on Giving Tuesday, the best donation you can make to NCCADP is your presence at #NowIsTheTime on December 2nd!

If you cannot be with us on Saturday and would still like to make a donation, we greatly appreciate and value your support!

Links to both the registration page for #NowIsTheTime on Saturday and the donation page of our website are located in our bio!

See you Saturday, and thanks for giving!

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ONE WEEK FROM TODAY! December 2nd from 1 to 2:30p ONE WEEK FROM TODAY!

December 2nd from 1 to 2:30pm in Raleigh, join people from across NC for a rally to demand commutation of our state’s 136 death sentences! 

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