GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1997 SESSION
S.L. 1997-70
AN ACT TO ALLOW TWO MEMBERS OF THE VICTIM'S FAMILY TO BE PRESENT AT AN EXECUTION.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1. G.S. 15-190 reads as rewritten:
"§ 15-190. Person or persons to be designated by warden to execute sentence; supervision of execution; who shall be present.
Some guard or guards or other reliable person or persons to be
named and designated by the warden from time to time shall cause the person,
convict or felon against whom the death sentence has been so pronounced to be
executed as provided by this Article and all amendments thereto. The
execution shall be under the general supervision and control of the warden of
the penitentiary, who shall from time to time, in writing, name and designate
the guard or guards or other reliable person or persons who shall cause the
person, convict or felon against whom the death sentence has been pronounced to
be executed as provided by this Article and all amendments thereto. At
such execution there shall be present the warden or deputy warden or some
person designated by the warden in his stead; the warden's place, and
the surgeon or physician of the penitentiary penitentiary. and
six Four respectable citizens, two members of the victim's
family, the counsel and any relatives of such person, convict or felon and
a minister or ministers of the gospel member of the clergy or
religious leader of the person's choosing may be present if they so desire,
desire. and the board of directors of the penitentiary may
provide for and pay the fee for each execution not to exceed thirty-five
dollars ($35.00)."
Section 2. This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 19th day of May, 1997.
s/ Dennis A. Wicker
President of the Senate
s/ Harold J. Brubaker
Speaker of the House of Representatives
s/ James B. Hunt, Jr.
Governor
Approved 9:52 a.m. this 22nd day of May, 1997