James W. Hutchins (March 26, 1929 – March 16, 1984) was convicted of the murders of Roy Huskey, Owen Messersmith, and Pete Peterson. He was executed at the age of 54 by the State of North Carolina at Central Prison in Raleigh, North Carolina by lethal injection. He became the first person to be executed in North Carolina since 1977 when the death penalty was reinstated.

See also

• List of individuals executed in North Carolina
• Capital punishment in the United States

Sources

• Offender Data Screen North Carolina Department of Correction. Retrieved on 2008-04-15.
• Executions carried out under current death penalty statute North Carolina Department of Correction.
• Witnesses Selected for August 6 Execution North Carolina Department of Correction.
• Woodard v. Hutchins,