Gov. Roy Cooper is the first governor in the history of North Carolina’s modern death penalty to commute more than two death ...

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper (D) on Tuesday commuted the death sentences of 15 inmates to life in prison without the ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina's latest Democratic governor was sworn in to office on Wednesday, as Josh Stein succeeded ...

One of the inmates receiving clemency had challenged his sentence under the groundbreaking Racial Justice Act of 2009, a ...

As one of his last acts in office, Gov. Roy Cooper commuted the sentences of 15 people on North Carolina's death row to life ...

Before stepping aside from the highest office in North Carolina, Gov. Roy Cooper has made what he said is among his most ...

A Robeson County man whose been on death for decades after being convicted of killing his stepfather had his sentence ...

In one of his final acts in office, North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper commuted the death sentences of 15 men convicted of ...

Cooper, who steered the state through the coronavirus pandemic, Hurricanes Helene and Florence and an early flashpoint in the ...

Governor Roy Cooper commuted the sentences of 15 death row inmates in North Carolina on his last day in office.

NC Governor Cooper commutes two sentences and grants two pardons, highlighting a commitment to justice reform.

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper commuted the death sentences of 15 inmates in the state on his last day in office, a move that ...