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

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On his way out of office, former North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper commuted the sentences of death row inmates, as the Tar Heel ...

Thirty-one years after being sentenced to death, a Fairfax County killer had his sentence changed to life in prison.

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Tarrant County now leads Dallas County in the number of people awaiting execution, according to state prison data and court ...

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As President Biden prepares to leave office, he indicated that he was commuting the sentences of 37 of the 40 inmates on ...

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

Gov. Roy Cooper announced he would change the death sentences of 15 people to life in prison without parole as one of his ...

Outgoing North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper on Tuesday announced 15 commutations of the death penalty to life in prison ...