The US Supreme Court stopped Ernest McCarver’s execution less than seven hours before he was due to be lethally injected on 2 March 2001. A few minutes earlier, the Governor of North Carolina had announced that he had decided to deny clemency.
The US Supreme Court stopped Ernest McCarver’s execution less than seven hours before he was due to be lethally injected on 2 March 2001. A few minutes earlier, the Governor of North Carolina had announced that he had decided to deny clemency.