North Carolina Debates Death Penalty Moratorium
by TChris
A hundred people met today in Pinehurst, North Carolina to discuss the need for a moratorium on the state's death penalty. Attending the meeting were Darryl Hunt, who spent 19 years in prison before DNA evidence that prosecutors had withheld from him proved he didn't commit the crime, and Alan Gell, who spent nine years on death row before his lawyers uncovered witness statements, again withheld by the prosecution, that proved his innocence.
The state Senate passed a bill last year calling for a two year moratorium. The state House is now considering the bill.
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