NC Coalition for Alternatives to the Death Penalty

Florida has executed #RichardKnight. He was the 14th person executed in the US and the 7th person killed by Florida in 2026.

Tennessee tried to execute Tony Carruthers today – and failed. We rejoice that his execution has been called off for now. Gov. Lee has issued a 1-year reprieve. This botched execution attempt is another example of the tortures of the death penalty. usatoday.com/story/news/nat…

Arizona has executed #LeroyMcGill. He was the 13th person executed in the US and the 1st person killed by Arizona in 2026.

Texas has executed #EdwardBusby. He was the 12th person executed in the US and the 4th person killed by Texas in 2026. Edward's death also marks Texas' 600th execution in the modern death penalty era.

After 9 death warrants and three last meals, an Oklahoma County trial court has issued an order authorizing Richard Glossip's release on bail. drive.google.com/file/d/1ycKcdI… @RealRichGlossip @dknightlaw @OKCADP @CCATDP @WTIUSA @innocence @uscedp

Oklahoma has executed #RaymondJohnson. He was the 11th person executed in the US and the 2nd person killed by Oklahoma in 2026. We hold in our hearts everyone carrying the weight of this grief today, including the loved ones of Raymond and his victims.

Today we honor every mother among us, including those behind bars and those carrying love across impossible distances. Happy Mother's Day from all of us at NCCADP. 🩵

Tennessee plans to execute Tony Carruthers on May 21 despite unresolved questions surrounding his conviction. Notably, untested fingerprint and DNA evidence could point to someone else. Please urge TN officials to allow the evidence to be tested! actionnetwork.org/petitions/no-w…

Ever wondered what restorative justice looks like in practice? Recently, we gathered with a group of impacted people in Winston-Salem for a day of Circles and healing. Have a look: nccadp.org/inside-a-day-o…

Join us May 11th to get mobilized! Learn about the state of NC's death penalty and how to get involved in the movement to end it. 📆 Monday, May 11, 7 PM 📍 Zoom 🔗 Register at bit.ly/NCCADPMay2026 The movement needs you. Start here.

Update: Charles McNeair will be released Monday morning, according to news outlets. Charles McNeair to be released Monday after 46 years in prison. youtu.be/r8PBJuuNv1I?si… via @YouTube

Florida has executed #JamesHitchcock. For ~50 years, he maintained his innocence of the murder that resulted in his death sentence. His brother later confessed to the crime. He was the 9th person executed in the US and the 6th person killed by Florida in 2026.

URGENT CALL TO ACTION: Today, TX plans to execute #JamesBroadnax for a double murder that someone else has confessed to. Please call Gov. Abbott's office and urge him to issue a 30-day stay. ▸ TX residents, call 800-843-5789 ▸ People outside of TX, call 512-463-2000

NCCADP urges @GregAbbott_TX to stop the execution of James Broadnax tonight. When the stakes are as high as life and death, there can be no margin of error. Another man has confessed to the crimes that resulted in James' death sentence. Please issue a 30-day reprieve.

Great news out of Pennsylvania this week! Both parties advanced bills aimed at abolishing the death penalty. pennlive.com/politics/2026/…

You're invited! Join us at Elon University for a Racist Roots screening & conversation with Alfred Rivera, who survived years wrongfully convicted on NC's death row. 📍 Turner Theatre, 123 N Williamson Ave, Elon, NC 📆 4/28, 6–7:30 PM bit.ly/ElonRR2026 Free & open to all!

Join us over Zoom this evening for our April Death Penalty 101 info session. We'll talk about the current state of NC's death penalty, our work here at NCCADP, and connect folks to the abolition movement. 📆 Tonight at 7 PM 📍 Zoom 🔗 bit.ly/NCCADPApr2026

BREAKING: Gov. DeSantis has signed a death warrant for Richard Knight. In a chilling sign of how rapidly and mechanically executions are being pushed forward, the Governor’s office didn’t even update the official notification letter sent to the prison warden — it still bears the name James Hitchcock. James Hitchcock’s warrant was signed nearly a month ago, and he is scheduled for execution next week. This is a copy-and-paste execution process.

Statement on the Execution of Chadwick "Khalil" Willacy STARKE, Fla. — Tonight, We the People of the State of Florida executed Chadwick “Khalil” Willacy for the 1990 murder of Marlys Sather. We grieve for Marlys Sather, for her family, and for all who have carried the weight of this loss for more than three decades. Nothing about this execution can undo that harm. Instead, the State of Florida has chosen to add another act of violence — deliberate, calculated, and carried out in our name. Khalil spent more than 30 years on death row trying to demonstrate that he was more than the impulsive and devastating actions he took just weeks shy of his 23rd birthday — when he was a young man in the grip of a severe and escalating substance use disorder. Khalil’s state-sanctioned murder is also inseparable from a deeper and more disturbing truth: This execution is the latest in a steady stream of Florida’s attempts to silence the truth about the safety and efficacy of its execution protocol. On March 6 of this year, Khalil requested public records about Florida’s lethal injection protocol, questioning how it has been administered during this unprecedented killing spree. He knew he was at risk of getting an execution date. He knew about the troubling irregularities with the previous killings, including Billy Kearse, whose March 3 execution took twice as long as usual. He listened as the State claimed there was “no science” for how long it takes to kill. He had watched neighbor after neighbor make the same post-warrant public records requests, only to be told they asked too late, mocked by the State as making desperate last ditch efforts to stop their executions. He watched as his neighbors were stifled by the courts for failing to sufficiently prove that their executions would be torturous, while the same courts denied them access to the very records that would support their claims. Instead of responding to his public records request and allowing the matter to be resolved through the appropriate legal process, just a week later, the Governor answered with a death warrant, deciding Khalil would be next to die. Florida’s unique execution selection process puts sole discretion in the hands of the Governor and affords him full and complete secrecy in the selection process. This authority has no checks and balances, no one to oversee the reasons behind the selection process. No one to ensure that as long as Florida continues to have a death penalty, it should at least be administered with transparency, reliability, and basic human decency. Instead of shying away from the fight, Khalil continued to push for the truth. He and his attorneys fought in court, raising serious concerns about Florida’s lethal injection practices and the State’s continued refusal to comply with its own public records laws. Once again, the State twisted the facts and evidence, and the court continued to protect their secrecy. It makes sense that Khali was the one who continued to fight because that’s who he was. In the days before his execution, Khalil testified on behalf of a friend facing resentencing — using his voice and his time to try to protect someone else from the same fate. Even as the State prepared to kill him, Khalil was trying to save someone else. Tonight, we grieve for Marlys. We grieve for Khalil. We grieve for a state that continues to hide the truth from the very people it claims to serve. Every Floridian should be asking themselves tonight: What is the State of Florida hiding in those records? Are they so incriminating that instead of transparency, our Governor used his unchecked power to sign a retaliatory death warrant just to silence one of the very people demanding the truth?

Florida has executed #ChadwickWillacy. He was the 8th person executed in the US and the 5th person killed by Florida in 2026.