North Carolina Revives Death Penalty | Raleigh News

North Carolina is poised to resume executions after a 20-year hiatus, thanks to a new law called Iryna’s Law that imposes strict deadlines and explores alternative methods like firing squads or the electric chair—despite Governor Josh Stein’s strong opposition. With lethal injection facing legal roadblocks, lawmakers are pushing to clear decades-old death penalty cases, allocating nearly $900,000 annually for more lawyers and staff. Yet, even with these reforms, actual executions remain years away due to complex, multi-level appeals—especially those tied to the Racial Justice Act—and lingering doubts about wrongful convictions continue to fuel debate over whether the state should retain this power at all.

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