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NC H604

Bill

Official Source

Status

Introduced

4/5/2017

Primary Sponsor

Graig Meyer

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Origin

House of Representatives

2017-2018 Session

AI Summary

  • Abolishes the death penalty in North Carolina and makes it a capital offense punishable instead by life imprisonment without parole.

  • Requires the Attorney General to petition courts to resentence all persons currently on death row to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole.

  • Removes death penalty references from North Carolina General Statutes related to sentencing, arrest procedures, bail conditions, and jury trial waivers.

  • Repeals Article 19 of Chapter 15 (execution procedures) and Subchapter XV of Chapter 15A (capital case postconviction procedures).

  • Clarifies that medical professionals administering lethal substances in executions shall no longer be exempt from licensure and disciplinary action under medicine, pharmacy, and nursing laws.

Legislative Description

Repeal Death Penalty

Last Action

Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House

4/6/2017

Committee Referrals

Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House4/6/2017

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