Raleigh protest calls on Cooper to abolish NC death penalty

Written By Decarcerate Now! NC

BY ROBIN KANADY | UPDATED DECEMBER 12, 2022 8:30 AM

QUEEN CITY NEWS – A protest march in Raleigh called for an end to the North Carolina death penalty.

More than 100 people took to the streets Saturday demanding action from Governor Roy Cooper. Organizers are calling for an end to the death penalty and asking the governor to commute the state’s 135 current death sentences.

Of those currently on death row, organizers say all but a handful were sentenced more than two decades ago.

The state has not carried out an execution since 2006.

Read more at: https://www.wnct.com/news/north-carolina/raleigh-protest-calls-on-cooper-to-abolish-nc-death-penalty/

Decarcerate Now! NC
Decarcerate Now! NC is a broad coalition of North Carolinians calling for justice, fairness, and second chances for people incarcerated in our state prisons, especially Black people and other people of color.
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