North Carolina S94 repeals the death penalty and resentences all current death row inmates to life imprisonment without parole.
North Carolina S94 repeals the death penalty and mandates that all individuals currently sentenced to death be resentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. The bill removes references to the death penalty and life imprisonment with parole from the state's criminal code. It also eliminates the authority for courts to impose the death penalty for any crime. The changes apply retroactively to all individuals sentenced to death before the bill's effective date.
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