Capital punishment in North Carolina

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

First-degree murder is punishable by death in North Carolina if it involves one of the following aggravating factors:

When the prosecution seeks the death penalty, the sentence is decided by the jury and must be unanimous.

In case of a hung jury during the penalty phase of the trial, a life sentence is issued, even if a single juror opposed death (there is no retrial).

The power of clemency belongs to the Governor of North Carolina.

The method of execution is lethal injection.

Death row for males is located at the Central Prison. Female death row prisoners are housed at the North Carolina Correctional Institution for Women. Both prisons are located in Raleigh.