Seven of the 15 inmates who received commuted sentences were from the Charlotte area.

North Carolina remains the fifth-largest death row population in the country. Death sentence opposition groups have long been urging Cooper for a complete commutation for all inmates on death row ...

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper (D ... comes days after President Biden commuted the sentence of federal inmates on death row.

Roy Cooper, on his last day in office Tuesday, commuted the death sentences of 15 inmates to life in prison ... 136 prisoners currently on death row in North Carolina. While the Democratic ...

Cooper’s decision follows a two-year long campaign for the governor to grant clemency to all inmates on North Carolina’s death row, which have included vigils outside the governor’s mansion.

In my experience, juries in death penalty cases are thoughtful and meticulous in one of the most difficult duties a citizen can be asked to perform. | Opinion ...

Roy Cooper of North Carolina commuted the death sentences ... on Tuesday that he reviewed 89 clemency petitions from death row inmates and granted 15 of them. Their sentences were commuted to ...