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Criminal Justice Reform

20 Years (and Counting) Without Executions in North Carolina

Sep 3, 2026
Twenty years ago, North Carolinians gathered at Pullen Memorial Baptist Church before walking to Central Prison, where the state would execute Samuel Flippen in the early hours of August 18, 2006. North Carolina has not carried out an execution since. This August, exactly twenty years later, we returned to that sanctuary, to Central Prison, to […]

20 Years (and Counting) Without Executions in North Carolina

· Liv Perkins-Davenport

Twenty years ago, North Carolinians gathered at Pullen Memorial Baptist Church before walking to Central Prison, where the state would execute Samuel Flippen in the early hours of August 18, 2006. North Carolina has not carried out an execution since. This August, exactly twenty years later, we returned to that sanctuary, to Central Prison, to […]

The Legacy of Gregg v. Georgia in North Carolina

Jul 2, 2026
In the 1972 case Furman v. Georgia, the Supreme Court ruled the death penalty unconstitutional, violating the Eighth Amendment prohibiting cruel and unusual punishment due to the death penalty’s arbitrary and discriminatory application. This ruling halted executions until 1976, when in Gregg v. Georgia, the Court sanctioned the death penalty so long as states established […]

The Legacy of Gregg v. Georgia in North Carolina

· Sofi Zuber

In the 1972 case Furman v. Georgia, the Supreme Court ruled the death penalty unconstitutional, violating the Eighth Amendment prohibiting cruel and unusual punishment due to the death penalty’s arbitrary and discriminatory application. This ruling halted executions until 1976, when in Gregg v. Georgia, the Court sanctioned the death penalty so long as states established […]

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 […]

Juneteenth, Mass Incarceration, and the Death Penalty in North Carolina

Jun 19, 2026
Juneteenth focuses our attention and joy on Black and Brown people and calls on everyone to embrace the wisdom of people most affected by systemic injustice. If you’re asking yourself what Juneteenth has to do with ending the death penalty here in North Carolina, this essay is for you. After all, “injustice anywhere is a […]

Juneteenth, Mass Incarceration, and the Death Penalty in North Carolina

· Liv Perkins-Davenport

Juneteenth focuses our attention and joy on Black and Brown people and calls on everyone to embrace the wisdom of people most affected by systemic injustice. If you’re asking yourself what Juneteenth has to do with ending the death penalty here in North Carolina, this essay is for you. After all, “injustice anywhere is a […]