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 ...

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

A new year is upon us and with it, some important changes in state government. As a result of the November election, North ...

Gov. Roy Cooper announced on Tuesday that he reviewed 89 clemency petitions from death row inmates and granted 15 of them.

In his final day in office, Governor Roy Cooper commuted the sentence of 15 death row inmates in North Carolina.

Democrats managed to chip away at the Republican supermajority in the 2024 election cycle. Republicans will be one House seat ...

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

Roy Cooper is no stranger to politics. Born and raised in North Carolina, Cooper got his start in public service with the NC ...

Gov. Roy Cooper transfers the seal of North Carolina and powers of the governor's office to Gov.-elect Josh Stein in Raleigh.

Stein has been the attorney general for the past eight years, following Cooper in the elected law-enforcement post that ...

The new year ushers in a new North Carolina legislative session and a new governor. Democratic Gov. Josh Stein was sworn in ...

Cooper's decision to commute the 15 inmates' sentences marks the largest clemency action of its kind in North Carolina.