NC Coalition for Alternatives to the Death Penalty executive director Noel Nickle
Noel Nickle (Courtesy photo)
This month marks the 20th anniversary of the last time the state North Carolina put a person to death in punishment for a crime. And despite the many deep flaws in the death penalty – huge costs, systemic racism, convictions of innocent people — and fact that this moratorium has not led to any increase in violent crime – indeed the rates are down significantly – death penalty supporters are trying to restart executions.
Meanwhile, as executions remain on hold, more than a 120 people sit on the state’s death row at great expense and prosecutors in some…
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