NC H638

Repeals the death penalty in North Carolina and requires all current death row inmates to be resentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole.

Removes death penalty references from statutes governing murder in the first degree, habitual felons, violent habitual felons, and postconviction proceedings.

Eliminates Articles 17A and 19 of Chapter 15 of the General Statutes, which govern capital punishment procedures and death penalty appeals.

Clarifies that medical professionals (doctors, pharmacists, nurses) cannot be disciplined for participating in executions under current law, as those activities no longer constitute medical or nursing practice.

Attorney General must petition courts on behalf of all persons currently sentenced to death to vacate death sentences and impose life imprisonment without parole; takes effect immediately upon enactment.