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NC Coalition for Alternatives to the Death Penalty

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Why we’re winning the fight against the death penalty in North Carolina

Dec 17, 2018
In 2018, for the second year in a row, juries didn’t hand down any new death sentences. We shouldn’t underestimate how significant that is in a state that, in the 1990s, sent dozens of people to death row every year. Executions remained on hold for a twelfth year. And even our state’s district attorneys have begun to flag in their enthusiasm for death sentences. ... Read More →

Why we’re winning the fight against the death penalty in North Carolina

December 17, 2018 · Kristin Collins

NC Supreme Court Building with American and State Flag, seen through the trees
NC Supreme Court Building with American and State Flag, seen through the trees

In 2018, for the second year in a row, juries didn’t hand down any new death sentences. We shouldn’t underestimate how significant that is in a state that, in the 1990s, sent dozens of people to death row every year. Executions remained on hold for a twelfth year. And even our state’s district attorneys have begun to flag in their enthusiasm for death sentences. … Read More →

Filed Under: Declining Support, Declining Use, Latest News, Statistics

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 As we look to 2018, let’s skip the outdated death penalty rhetoric and start looking for solutions that actually make people safer — like properly staffing prisons and supplying guards with working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.... Read More →

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 As we look to 2018, let’s skip the outdated death penalty rhetoric and start looking for solutions that actually make people safer — like properly staffing prisons and supplying guards with working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…. Read More →

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

Gallup Poll: The death penalty question they never ask

Oct 30, 2017
The question our society should be asking is not: Do you believe that people who commit murders should be punished? The answer to that is obvious. The question that gets to the heart of the matter is: What’s the fairest, most efficient, and most effective way to punish people who commit the worst crimes? When you ask it that way, the death penalty is clearly not the answer. Click here to read more. ... Read More →

Gallup Poll: The death penalty question they never ask

October 30, 2017 · Kristin Collins

The question our society should be asking is not: Do you believe that people who commit murders should be punished? The answer to that is obvious. The question that gets to the heart of the matter is: What’s the fairest, most efficient, and most effective way to punish people who commit the worst crimes? When you ask it that way, the death penalty is clearly not the answer.

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Filed Under: Blog, National News, Public Opinion, Statistics

On left: A 1999 photo of Quentin in prison clothes and with his back to wall with a looming clock, shot by a Benetton photographer, on which was part of his clemency petition. On right: A portrait of Quentin by former death row prisoner Jamie Cheek, drawn in response to Quentin’s execution.

In the fight on crime, death is far more costly than life

Jun 15, 2017
Almost every time people discuss the death penalty on social media, at least one person chimes in with this opinion: We should execute people because it’s too expensive to keep them in prison for life. But the truth is, the death penalty costs far more than life without parole. Please read this post and help us spread the truth about the wasteful, inefficient death penalty.... Read More →

In the fight on crime, death is far more costly than life

June 15, 2017 · Kristin Collins

On left: A 1999 photo of Quentin in prison clothes and with his back to wall with a looming clock, shot by a Benetton photographer, on which was part of his clemency petition. On right: A portrait of Quentin by former death row prisoner Jamie Cheek, drawn in response to Quentin’s execution.
On left: A 1999 photo of Quentin in prison clothes and with his back to wall with a looming clock, shot by a Benetton photographer, on which was part of his clemency petition. On right: A portrait of Quentin by former death row prisoner Jamie Cheek, drawn in response to Quentin’s execution.

Almost every time people discuss the death penalty on social media, at least one person chimes in with this opinion: We should execute people because it’s too expensive to keep them in prison for life. But the truth is, the death penalty costs far more than life without parole. Please read this post and help us spread the truth about the wasteful, inefficient death penalty…. Read More →

Filed Under: Cost, Latest News, Statistics

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