Total number of executions: 0
- NC-based lethal injection litigation (see here, here, here, and here)
- National lethal injection litigation (Baze v. Rees)
Total number of new death sentences: 3
- Eugene Johnny Williams (black male, Cumberland County)
- Byron Lamar Waring (black male, Wake County)
- Mario Lynn Phillips (black male, Moore County)
Persons released from death row: 2
- Rex Penland (charges reduced, time served)
- Jonathan Hoffman (charges dropped)
Persons no longer on death row for other reasons: 3
- Eric Queen (suicide)
- Glen Chapman (new trial ordered)
- Charles Walker (death sentence vacated)
Other victories
- Charles Triplin found not guilty
- Charges dropped against James Johnson
- Charges dropped against Jerry Anderson
- Charges dropped against Floyd Brown
- Racial Justice Act and Proportionality Review bills pass N.C. House
Not half bad.
January 2, 2008 at 1:09 pm |
And don’t forget that in an April of 2007 Elon Poll less than 1/2 of North Carolinians cited the death penalty when asked:
What do you think is the most appropriate punishment for first-degree murders?