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On Trial for Their Lives: The Hidden Costs of Wrongful Capital Prosecutions in North Carolina
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Last Revised • July 11, 2026
This Source Verification Page documents the Center for Death Penalty Litigation report On Trial for Their Lives: The Hidden Costs of Wrongful Capital Prosecutions in North Carolina, cited in Claim III of the Supplemental Motion. The report examines wrongful capital prosecutions in North Carolina and discusses cases involving prosecutorial misconduct, suppressed exculpatory evidence, and wrongful convictions. Claim III cites this source as supplemental authority supporting the allegations discussed in Paragraph 121 of the Supplemental Motion.
Related SMAR Citation
On Trial for Their Lives: The Hidden Costs of Wrongful Capital Prosecutions in North Carolina
Author(s)
The Center for Death Penalty Litigation
Publication
On Trial for Their Lives: The Hidden Costs of Wrongful Capital Prosecutions in North Carolina
Publication Date
June 2015
Verification Source
Original Center for Death Penalty Litigation report obtained and reviewed.
Source Location
The Center for Death Penalty Litigation
Highlighted Pages
Title Page, 26–27, 36–38
Referenced in the Supplemental Motion
Page 58–59, Paragraph 121
Source Status
✔ Obtained and reviewed.
✔ Relevant passages highlighted.
✔ Publicly available source.
✔ Included within the Source Verification Archive.
Cited to Support
Lyle C. May alleges that North Carolina courts have granted post-conviction relief in cases where prosecutors failed to disclose material impeachment evidence concerning key prosecution witnesses. The report discusses the Jonathon Hoffman case as an example in which prosecutors allegedly concealed benefits provided to a principal witness, including immunity from federal prosecution and financial compensation, thereby depriving the defense of material impeachment evidence. May relies upon this report to illustrate that the suppression of impeachment evidence affecting witness credibility has resulted in vacated convictions and exonerations in North Carolina. May cites this authority in support of his request for further review of allegations arising from his Buncombe County case involving the July 1997 murders in Asheville, North Carolina.
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