This story first appeared in Bolts, and is reprinted with permission. “One doctor said I got two-to-four years left to live,” ...

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper commuted the death sentences of 15 inmates in the state on his last day in office, a move that ...

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

During a raid on his illegal whiskey distilling operation in 1921, Williams was accused of killing a deputy. After he got out ...

Just before they are executed, death row inmates at in North Carolina are strapped to this gurney at Central Prison in ...

Nearly three dozen individuals from North Carolina faced charges related to the January 6th riot at the U.S. Capitol four years ago.

The 15 people were chosen based on their mental capacity at the time of the offense, behavior while incarcerated, whether the crime was particularly heinous or cruel, and other factors, the governor's ...

North Carolina is home to one of the nation’s safest places to live, new rankings show. Cary, just west of Raleigh, is No. 6 ...

According to authorities, an investigation determined the firearm source in North Carolina had sold about 65 guns in Connecticut.