Capital punishment in North Carolina

Capital punishment is a legal penalty in the U.S. state of North Carolina.

Despite remaining a legal penalty, there have been no executions in North Carolina since 2006. A series of lawsuits filed in state courts questioning the fairness and humanity of capital punishment have created a de facto moratorium on executions being carried out in North Carolina.[1][2] The last person executed in the state was Samuel Flippen. Mr. Flippen received a death sentence in 1997 after being convicted of first-degree murder[3]

  1. ^ "The last man to die". News & Record. August 31, 2010. Archived from the original on May 8, 2021. Retrieved May 8, 2021.
  2. ^ Stradling, Richard (April 22, 2016). "These days, NC's death row inmates die of natural causes". The Charlotte Observer. Archived from the original on February 9, 2019. Retrieved May 8, 2021.
  3. ^ "Executions 1984 - present". North Carolina Department of Public Safety. Retrieved December 2, 2023.