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Press Release: More Than 100 Organizations, Leaders Call for NC to Remain Execution Free

Aug 31, 2026
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contacts:  RALEIGH, N.C. — More than 100 organizations and faith and community leaders across North Carolina are calling for the state to permanently move beyond the death penalty, marking 20 years since the state’s last execution with a joint statement. North Carolina has not carried out an execution since Aug. 18, 2006, […]

Press Release: More Than 100 Organizations, Leaders Call for NC to Remain Execution Free

· Liv Perkins-Davenport

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contacts:  RALEIGH, N.C. — More than 100 organizations and faith and community leaders across North Carolina are calling for the state to permanently move beyond the death penalty, marking 20 years since the state’s last execution with a joint statement. North Carolina has not carried out an execution since Aug. 18, 2006, […]

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

· 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 […]

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

· 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 […]

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

· 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 […]

Press Release: The Death Penalty Protects No One: Asheville Event Calls for Alternatives to State Violence

Oct 6, 2025
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 10, 2025 Contact: Liv Perkins-Davenport, (919) 404-7409 ASHEVILLE – On Saturday, October 11 from 3:30-6:30 PM, community leaders, survivors of violence, and justice advocates will gather at Land of the Sky United Church of Christ in Asheville for World Day Against the Death Penalty. Hosted by the North Carolina Coalition for […]

Press Release: The Death Penalty Protects No One: Asheville Event Calls for Alternatives to State Violence

· Liv Perkins-Davenport

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 10, 2025 Contact: Liv Perkins-Davenport, (919) 404-7409 ASHEVILLE – On Saturday, October 11 from 3:30-6:30 PM, community leaders, survivors of violence, and justice advocates will gather at Land of the Sky United Church of Christ in Asheville for World Day Against the Death Penalty. Hosted by the North Carolina Coalition for […]

Press Release: Governor Stein Signs HB 307 Into Law, Reviving Failed Death Penalty Policy

Oct 3, 2025
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 3, 2025 Contact: Noel Nickle, (828) 775-9912 RALEIGH – Governor Josh Stein signed HB 307 into law today, a measure that revives North Carolina’s failed death penalty system and opens the door to gruesome new execution methods. The bill does nothing to prevent violence or address the urgent needs of communities […]

Press Release: Governor Stein Signs HB 307 Into Law, Reviving Failed Death Penalty Policy

· Liv Perkins-Davenport

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 3, 2025 Contact: Noel Nickle, (828) 775-9912 RALEIGH – Governor Josh Stein signed HB 307 into law today, a measure that revives North Carolina’s failed death penalty system and opens the door to gruesome new execution methods. The bill does nothing to prevent violence or address the urgent needs of communities […]

Press Release: HB 307 Would Bring Torturous Execution Methods to North Carolina

Sep 23, 2025
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE RALEIGH — A late amendment to House Bill 307 (“Iryna’s Law”) seeks to expand North Carolina’s execution methods to include firing squads and other inhumane practices, intensifying the harms already written into the bill. HB 307 requires courts to review nearly all 122 death row cases by December 2027 — an arbitrary […]

Press Release: HB 307 Would Bring Torturous Execution Methods to North Carolina

· Liv Perkins-Davenport

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE RALEIGH — A late amendment to House Bill 307 (“Iryna’s Law”) seeks to expand North Carolina’s execution methods to include firing squads and other inhumane practices, intensifying the harms already written into the bill. HB 307 requires courts to review nearly all 122 death row cases by December 2027 — an arbitrary […]

Press Release: 19 Years Without an Execution: North Carolinians to Hold Vigil, Envision a Future Without the Death Penalty

Aug 15, 2025
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 15 August 2025 Contact: Liv Perkins-Davenport, Director of Communications, (919) 404-7409 RALEIGH – On Saturday, August 16, the North Carolina Coalition for Alternatives to the Death Penalty will host We Keep Us Alive: An Afternoon to Remember Those Executed & Envision a Future of Abolition at 2:00 PM at Pullen Memorial Baptist […]

Press Release: 19 Years Without an Execution: North Carolinians to Hold Vigil, Envision a Future Without the Death Penalty

· Liv Perkins-Davenport

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 15 August 2025 Contact: Liv Perkins-Davenport, Director of Communications, (919) 404-7409 RALEIGH – On Saturday, August 16, the North Carolina Coalition for Alternatives to the Death Penalty will host We Keep Us Alive: An Afternoon to Remember Those Executed & Envision a Future of Abolition at 2:00 PM at Pullen Memorial Baptist […]