Executions in North Carolina could soon resume, after nearly two decades on hold, now that Iryna’s Law is officially in ...

One of the most heavily debated new laws going into effect Monday is what sponsors call "Iryna's Law," which makes it harder ...

The fatal stabbing on a Charlotte light-rail train last month has prompted calls for the revival of the death penalty in ...

Harsher criminal penalties for many different offenses become law Monday. So does a new push to restart the death penalty in ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - North Carolina Governor Josh Stein on Friday, Oct. 3, signed House Bill 307, also known as ‘Iryna’s Law,’ following the death of 23-year-old Iryna Zarutska, who was stabbed on ...

An inmate on death row at Central Prison in Raleigh works on a letter in a common area in one of the four pods on death row in 2004. Inmates on death row wear red to signify they are on death row.

The Wrongful Convictions Clinic at Duke Law has freed over a dozen wrongfully imprisoned individuals, many of whom were ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — In response to the stabbing death of a Ukrainian refugee on Charlotte’s light rail system, the North Carolina legislature gave final approval Tuesday to a criminal justice package ...

NORTH CAROLINA — The fatal stabbing of Iryna Zarutska on the light rail has sparked calls for the revival of the death penalty in North Carolina. Although the death penalty remains legal in North ...