Lethal Injection: What's the Big Deal?  Lethal Injection as a method of execution has come under increased scrutiny in recent months.  Click the links to learn about:

• the lethal injection crises in the U.S.,
• the recent decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to consider the constitutionality of lethal injections and
• the lethal injection stats concerning North Carolina

Race Matters!  Panel discussion on the important role of race in the capital punishment process.

Video Footage Released of Execution Facility in North Carolina!

Innocence and the Death Penalty
Since 1973, 129 people in 26 states have been released from death row with evidence of their innocence. Under the current death penalty law in North Carolina, at least six innocent people have been wrongfully convicted of first-degree murder. Read four of their stories here.

The Truth about Deterrence!

NEW REPORT ON THE DEATH PENALTY! The Common Sense Foundation's latest study on capital punishment in N.C. found at least 37 people now on death row who did not have trial lawyers who would meet today's minimum standards of qualification.

Cost and the Death Penalty

Suspend the Executions, Study the System, Enact Reforms!
Watch a five minute video featuring Alan Gell (Quicktime)

• Learn more about the moratorium
• Proposed areas of study during a moratorium
• Prominent North Carolinians Support a Moratorium (PDF)

• Learn about the issues
• Read the case summaries
• Get Involved Now