Prisoners on the North Carolina death row make their way back to their cell block at Central Prison in Raleigh in 2002, not long after a series of reforms began sharply reducing the number of ...

North Carolina has the fifth largest death row in the country. Excluding the 15 inmates whose sentences were commuted, there are currently 121 offenders facing a possible death penalty in the state.

North Carolina hasn’t executed an inmate on death row in almost 20 years, but death sentences are still being imposed throughout the state.

North Carolina lawmakers will discuss a bill Tuesday that would give death row inmates the option to choose between three execution methods: lethal injection, electrocution, or firing squad.