In one of his final acts in office, North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper commuted the death sentences of 15 men convicted of first-degree murder to life in prison without the possibility of parole on ...
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper is leaving his job after eight years in which the southern Democrat picked his moments against ...
Under the executive order, state Cabinet agencies are ordered not to cooperate with prosecution and penalties against health ...
One of the inmates receiving clemency had challenged his sentence under the groundbreaking Racial Justice Act of 2009. A ...
Former U.S. Representative Dan Bishop has quietly ended his defamation case against Jeff Jackson’s campaign for attorney ...
By Reid J. Epstein Reporting from Washington Gov. Roy Cooper of North Carolina is set to leave office on New Year’s Day after two terms that began with his effort to undo the state’s ...
Democratic North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein issued an executive order Thursday that he believes will further protect ...
Roy Cooper said he was proud to have fought for ... He mentioned several challenges North Carolina has faced in that time, including the COVID-19 pandemic and natural disasters that have included ...
Republicans are refusing to accept North Carolina Supreme Court Justice Allison Riggs' narrow victory in November ...
In some of his first post-gubernatorial remarks on state politics, Roy Cooper condemned Judge Jefferson Griffin’s ongoing ...
Gov. Roy Cooper announced on Tuesday that he reviewed 89 clemency petitions from death row inmates and granted 15 of them.