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NC Coalition for Alternatives to the Death Penalty

Committed to ending the death penalty and creating a new vision of justice

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      • High Cost of Death
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      • Antiquated Sentences
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Asheville Book Talk: “The Prison Industry: How It Works and Who Profits”

Jan 8, 2026
Who benefits from mass incarceration and the prison industrial complex? In their new book, The Prison Industry: How It Works and Who Profits, Bianca Tylek and Worth Rises expose the […]

Asheville Book Talk: “The Prison Industry: How It Works and Who Profits”

January 8, 2026 · Liv Perkins-Davenport

Who benefits from mass incarceration and the prison industrial complex? In their new book, The Prison Industry: How It Works and Who Profits, Bianca Tylek and Worth Rises expose the […]

Tagged With: Book Talk, Criminal Justice Reform, Mass Incarceration, North Carolina Death Penalty, Partner Event, Prison Industrial Complex, Racial Justice

At the Gates of Central Prison: The Vigil That Will Not End

Sep 19, 2025
Every Monday evening, advocates gather at the gates of Central Prison in Raleigh to deliver the same message: North Carolina does not need the death penalty. They’ve been saying it […]

At the Gates of Central Prison: The Vigil That Will Not End

September 19, 2025 · Liv Perkins-Davenport

Every Monday evening, advocates gather at the gates of Central Prison in Raleigh to deliver the same message: North Carolina does not need the death penalty. They’ve been saying it […]

Filed Under: Abolition, Blog, Declining Support, Partner Spotlights, Stories Tagged With: Mass Incarceration, North Carolina Death Penalty, Partner Event, Racial Justice

Pack the Court to Free James Richardson

Pack the Court to Free James Richardson

Aug 8, 2025
After 16 years behind bars for a crime he didn’t commit, James Richardson finally has a chance to be heard. On August 26, 2025, his legal team will present his […]

Pack the Court to Free James Richardson

August 8, 2025 · Liv Perkins-Davenport

Pack the Court to Free James Richardson
Pack the Court to Free James Richardson

After 16 years behind bars for a crime he didn’t commit, James Richardson finally has a chance to be heard. On August 26, 2025, his legal team will present his […]

Tagged With: innocence, Partner Event

Ronnie Long Freedom Day

Jul 25, 2025
Mark your calendars for SUNDAY, August 24, 2024 at 1:00 PM, to celebrate Ronnie Long’s 4th year of freedom! Location: Barber Scotia College 145 Cabarrus Avenue West, Concord, North Carolina 28025 Prepare to […]

Ronnie Long Freedom Day

July 25, 2025 · Liv Perkins-Davenport

Mark your calendars for SUNDAY, August 24, 2024 at 1:00 PM, to celebrate Ronnie Long’s 4th year of freedom! Location: Barber Scotia College 145 Cabarrus Avenue West, Concord, North Carolina 28025 Prepare to […]

Tagged With: Partner Event

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123 people now live under a death sentence in NC, 123 people now live under a death sentence in NC, making ours the 5th largest death row in the country.

Join us on Zoom on Monday, 4/27, at 7 PM to learn all about NC's death penalty and the growing movement to end it.

Register at bit.ly/NCCADPApr2026
"You're never too old to learn. You're never too y "You're never too old to learn. You're never too young to teach." – another pearl of wisdom shared by NC death row exoneree, Ed Chapman

Last week, we had the tremendous pleasure of joining students and community members at UNC Chapel Hill to screen "Racist Roots" and hear from Ed about his experience surviving 14 years wrongfully convicted under a sentence of death.

Thanks to the Wrongful Convictions Club at UNC (@wccunc) and the Carolina Justice Initiative (@carolinajusticeinitiative) for sponsoring this event and continually advocating for justice.

#EndTheDeathPenalty #NoMoreDeathRow #NCDeathPenalty #NorthCarolina #UNC
Ed Chapman holds a map that helped save his life. Ed Chapman holds a map that helped save his life.

Nearly 14 years after being sent to death row for a crime he did not commit, this map of Hickory, North Carolina became part of the evidence that proved his innocence. It was developed through years of relentless work alongside his mitigation specialist and law students who refused to give up on his case.

Those 14 years on the row were filled with loss. The men around him became family, and 37 of them were taken, one by one, to the execution chamber. Through it all, Ed kept fighting to come home. He was exonerated in 2008.

A new law in North Carolina  limits the appeals process to just two years. It took Ed 14.

We cannot accept a system that runs out the clock on innocence.

#NCCADP #EndTheDeathPenalty #AbolitionNC #JusticeNC #WrongfulConviction #NoMoreDeathRow
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