In my experience, juries in death penalty cases are thoughtful and meticulous in one of the most difficult duties a citizen ...

Roy Cooper's last day in office, multiple North Carolina district attorneys are pushing back on his last-minute announcement ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — In one of his final acts in office, North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper commuted the death sentences of 15 men convicted of first-degree murder to life in prison without the ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — In one of his final acts in office, North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper commuted the death sentences of 15 men convicted of murder to life in prison without parole on Tuesday, reducing ...

The governor of North Carolina reduced the death sentence of 15 inmates to life without parole on his last day in office. Governor Roy Cooper, who was previously the attorney general for 16 years ...

Cooper commuted the death sentences of 15 men. AP Before Tuesday, North Carolina had 136 offenders on death row. Cooper’s office said it had received clemency petitions from 89 of them.

Before Tuesday, North Carolina had 136 offenders on death row. Cooper's office said it had received clemency petitions from 89 of them. Cooper's office said it considered a variety of factors ...

Outgoing North Carolina governor commutes 15 death row sentences Cooper, who was barred from seeking a third consecutive four-year term, will give way to fellow Democrat Josh Stein on Wednesday ...

Just before they are executed, death row inmates at in North Carolina are strapped to this gurney at Central Prison in Raleigh. On the other side of the window are chairs where witnesses sit. Across ...

Before Tuesday, North Carolina had 136 offenders on death row. Cooper's office said it had received clemency petitions from 89 of them. “These reviews are among the most difficult decisions a ...