CDPL is marking an important anniversary: A decade without an execution. On Aug. 18, 2006, Samuel Flippen was the last person to be executed at Central Prison. At the time, North Carolina had one of the most active death chambers in the nation. Since that day, we have become the only Southern state to end executions. However, we can never take for granted that this respite will continue. CDPL works every day to make sure North Carolina’s death chamber remains empty. Read more on NCDealthPenalty.org about why it’s time to end the death penalty for good.