Roy Cooper commuted the death sentences of 15 men convicted of first-degree ... Before Tuesday, North Carolina had 136 offenders on death row. Cooper's office said it had received clemency ...

Before Tuesday’s commutations, North Carolina had 136 convicted killers on death row, and the Governor’s ... better way to frame the sentence these men now face, and that is indeed appropriate ...

After eight years in office, the tenure of North Carolina Gov ... on Monday commuted the sentences of 37 of the 40 men on federal death row to life without the possibility of parole, amid calls ...

On his last day in office on Tuesday, North Carolina’s outgoing Democratic governor, Roy Cooper, commuted the sentences of 15 murderers on death row. Thirteen of these inmates are Black men — whose ...

RALEIGH (AP) — 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 ...