Basic facts about the death penalty in North Carolina

 

Total number of people executed since 1977: 43

Innocent persons freed from death row: 5

Clemencies granted: 5

Current death row population: 168

Method of execution: lethal injection

Race and gender

  • Black men: 88
  • White men: 64
  • Native American men: 8
  • Other men: 4
  • White women: 2
  • Black women: 1
  • Native American women: 1

County of conviction

  • Alamance: 1
  • Alexander: 1
  • Ashe: 2
  • Beaufort: 1
  • Bertie: 2
  • Bladen: 1
  • Brunswick: 3
  • Buncombe: 9
  • Cabarrus: 1
  • Caldwell: 1
  • Camden: 1
  • Caswell: 1
  • Catawba: 3
  • Chowan: 1
  • Columbus: 1
  • Craven: 3
  • Cumberland: 9
  • Davidson: 3
  • Davie: 2
  • Duplin: 1
  • Durham: 1
  • Forsyth: 12
  • Gates: 1
  • Gaston: 5
  • Guilford: 4
  • Halifax: 3
  • Harnett: 6
  • Henderson: 1
  • Hertford: 1
  • Iredell: 1
  • Johnston: 6
  • Lenoir: 2
  • Martin: 1
  • Mecklenburg: 4
  • Montgomery: 1
  • Moore: 1
  • Nash: 1
  • New Hanover: 6
  • Northampton: 2
  • Onslow: 4
  • Pender: 1
  • Pitt: 3
  • Polk: 1
  • Randolph: 8
  • Richmond: 3
  • Rockingham: 2
  • Robeson: 4
  • Rowan: 4
  • Rutherford: 2
  • Sampson: 2
  • Scotland: 2
  • Stanly: 2
  • Stokes: 1
  • Surry: 1
  • Union: 3
  • Wake: 11
  • Washington: 1
  • Wayne: 4
  • Wilson: 3

Counties with no death sentences: 41

Upcoming executions

  • Marcus Robinson, age 33, 1/26/07
  • James Thomas, age 51, 2/2/07
  • James Campbell, age 45, 2/9/07

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