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

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

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

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

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

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

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper is leaving his job after eight years in which the southern Democrat picked his moments against ...

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

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 ...

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

Because for the past 25 years, every time I went to introduce him, the humble Roy Cooper would say right before I get on stage, Christy, it's not about me, it's about North Carolina, it's about ...