North Carolina

Coronavirus March 19

North Carolina Prisoners Still Working in Chicken Plants, Despite Coronavirus Fears

“Kinda defeats the ban on visitation, which was to protect inmates and mainly staff,” critic says.

By Joseph Neff

Feature February 18

Anatomy of Hate

It was a triple-murder fueled by rage—but was it a hate crime?

By Emily Kassie

News August 28

Same-Sex Couples in North Carolina Don’t Have Equal Abuse Protections

A lawsuit seeks protective orders even when queer couples don’t live together.

By Joseph Darius Jaafari

News August 7

Racism Tainted Their Trials. Should They Still Be Executed?

North Carolina Supreme Court hearings raise broad questions of systemic bias in the state judicial system.

By Jack Brook

Life Inside August 1

On Death Row, There's No Such Thing As Closure

A man convicted of murder reflects on his life, his crime and his punishment.

By Paul Brown

News June 12

Court Focuses on Motive as Shooter Pleads Guilty to Killing Muslim Students

Craig Hicks' broad hatred of non-white people lay behind the 2015 crime.

By Joseph Neff

News May 23

Behind Bars for 66 Years

The story of North Carolina’s longest-serving inmate highlights the situation of people with intellectual disabilities in the criminal justice system.

By Joseph Neff

Case in Point March 18

A DNA Test Might Help Exonerate This Man. A Judge Won’t Allow It.

North Carolina judge denies testing in a 1992 murder case, but lawyers want shell casings examined.

By Joseph Neff

Life Inside December 20, 2018

Penitentiary Rock: The Radio Show With a Captive Audience

“Only this music captures my bitter, visceral pain.”

By Timothy White

Life Inside December 6, 2018

Should I Have Let My Friend on Death Row Kill Himself?

“We don’t live on death row; we wait to die.”

By Paul Brown