Capital punishment in North Carolina

Capital punishment is a legal penalty in the U.S. state of North Carolina.

Despite remaining a legal penalty, there have been no executions in North Carolina since 2006. A series of lawsuits filed in state courts questioning the fairness and humanity of capital punishment have created a de facto moratorium on executions being carried out in North Carolina. The last person executed in the state was Samuel Flippen. Mr. Flippen received a death sentence in 1997 after being convicted of first-degree murder