The object of punishments being not only to satisfy justice, but also to reform the offender and thus prevent crime, murder, arson, burglary, and rape, and these only, may be punishable with death, if the General Assembly shall so enact.
Death punishment
N.C. Const. art. XI, § 2, under PUNISHMENTS, CORRECTIONS, AND CHARITIES.
N.C. Const. art. XI, § 2
Death punishment