by Dawn Blagrove | Mar 28, 2017 | CJPC News, Ending the Death Penalty
“Darryl Hunt’s spirit spoke innocence,” said Dr. John Mendez of Emmanuel Baptist Church. This was a beautiful and succinct description of Mr. Hunt, who dedicated his life to eradicating the death penalty. He spent 19 years in prison for a crime he...
by Dawn Blagrove | Mar 28, 2017 | CJPC News, Ending the Death Penalty
Prosecutors have the power to essentially stop the use of the death penalty. How? By pledging not to charge any defendants capitally. It really is that simple. Prosecutors have total control over whether a case is tried as a death penalty case or a case with the...
by Dawn Blagrove | Mar 15, 2017 | CJPC News, Ending the Death Penalty
March has been a good month for advocates against the death penalty in North Carolina. In the seventh straight trial, a Wake County jury has considered all the evidence and returned a sentence of life without the possibility of parole. By rejecting the death penalty,...
by Dawn Blagrove | Mar 11, 2017 | CJPC News, Ending the Death Penalty
In a 6-2 ruling, the United State Supreme Court overturned the death sentence of Duane Buck. Justice Thomas and Justice Alito dissented. According to the New York Times, the Court indicated the case as was riddled with “particularly noxious strains of racial...
by Dawn Blagrove | Feb 15, 2017 | CJPC News, Ending the Death Penalty
Phillip Davis was resentenced from a death sentence to life without the possibility of parole, reducing the number of active inmates on North Carolina’s death row to 148. We previously reported on Phillip’s hearing here. The final decision was issued last...
by Dawn Blagrove | Jan 30, 2017 | CJPC News, Ending the Death Penalty
Judge Erwin Spainhour ruled on Jan. 25th that four prisoners in 2012 who were granted relief based on the Racial Justice Act could no longer use the RJA to appeal their re-sentencing from life to death. Judge Spainhour’s decision will be appealed. The RJA was...
