WRAL.com archive: NC death penalty dispute

The last execution in North Carolina was in August 2006. The death penalty has been effectively put on hold in North Carolina since then because of disputes over physician participation in executions, the protocol used to carry them out and claims filed under the since-repealed Racial Justice Act alleging bias in the death sentences handed down.


The last execution in North Carolina was in August 2006. The death penalty has been effectively put on hold in North Carolina since then because of disputes over physician participation in executions, the protocol used to carry them out and claims filed under the since-repealed Racial Justice Act alleging bias in the death sentences handed down.