As Gov. Roy Cooper prepares to depart the Executive Mansion, criminal justice advocates are urging him to make use of his broadest set of powers: the ability to grant clemency for state crimes.

N.C. Gov. Cooper has spent his time in office grappling with environmental issues from hurricanes to forever chemical ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WITN) - Governor Roy Cooper commuted the sentences of six people in North Carolina prisons and granted pardons ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- On Monday, Gov. Roy Cooper commuted the sentences of six people in North Carolina prisons and granted ...

Roy Cooper commuted the sentences of six people in North Carolina ... and the governor plans more clemency announcements before the end of the year. “Ensuring careful review of cases while taking ...

Dwight Jordan was 18 at the time of his conviction for murder, and his commuted sentence makes him eligible for parole.

Gov. Roy Cooper commuted the sentences of six people in North Carolina prisons on Monday afternoon and granted pardons to ...

In 2022, the N.C. Coalition for Alternatives to the Death Penalty launched a campaign calling on the Democratic governor to ...

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper, a Democrat, worked with and against a Republican-controlled legislature on issues like ...

He made the announcements on Monday and Tuesday. There are a few holdovers from Democrat Gov. Roy Cooper’s current ...