Multiple NC District Attorneys slam last-minute decision to commute death row sentences
Cooper's last day in office, multiple North Carolina District Attorneys are pushing back on his last-minute announcement to ...
NC district attorney: death penalty clemency erases jury, prosecutors, victim’s family | Opinion
In my experience, juries in death penalty cases are thoughtful and meticulous in one of the most difficult duties a citizen ...
North Carolina Gov. Cooper commutes sentences of 15 death row inmates
One of the inmates receiving clemency had challenged his sentence under the groundbreaking Racial Justice Act of 2009. A ...
The Chronicle15d
NC Gov. Roy Cooper commutes sentences of 15 death row inmates before leaving office
Cooper's decision to commute the 15 inmates' sentences marks the largest clemency action of its kind in North Carolina.
Raleigh News & Observer29d
NC has 136 people on death row but has had no executions since 2006. Here’s why
North Carolina has not executed a death row inmate since 2006. Observer file The Supreme Court of North Carolina’s decision last week to uphold the death sentence of a man convicted of killing ...
McClatchyDC24d
Biden commutes federal death row sentences for 3 inmates from NC. Who are they?
Read the stories behind the three inmates from North Carolina who were on federal death row. Barnette, of Charlotte, was sentenced in 1998 for the killing of two people: his ex-girlfriend Robin ...
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Hasson Bacote among death row inmates to have sentences commuted in North Carolina
NBC News reported that North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper commuted the death sentences of 15 inmates to life imprisonment without ...
North Carolina Gov Cooper commutes sentences of 15 death row inmates on final day in office
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper (D) on Tuesday commuted the death sentences of 15 inmates to life in prison without the ...
Charlotte Observer29d
NC has 136 people on death row but has had no executions since 2006. Here’s why
The Supreme Court of North Carolina’s decision last week ... race could not be considered in implementing the death penalty, and inmates could challenge their sentence if they believed race ...