NC Governor Cooper commutes two sentences and grants two pardons, highlighting a commitment to justice reform.

Stein has been the attorney general for the past eight years, following Cooper in the elected law-enforcement post that ...

Governor Roy Cooper commuted the sentences of 15 death row inmates in North Carolina on his last day in office.

New North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein took several actions on Thursday to help the short- and long-term recovery from Hurricane ...

By Reid J. Epstein Reporting from Washington Gov. Roy Cooper of North Carolina is set to leave office on New Year’s Day after two terms that began with his effort to undo the state’s ...

In one of his final acts in office, North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper has commuted the death sentences of 15 men convicted of ...

One of the inmates receiving clemency had challenged his sentence under the groundbreaking Racial Justice Act of 2009. A ...

In his final day in office, North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper on Tuesday changed the justice resolved through legal prosecutions ...

Roy Cooper commuted the death sentences ... “We have long known that the death penalty in North Carolina is racially biased, unjust, and immoral, and the Governor’s actions today pave the ...

Gov. Roy Cooper is the first governor in the history of North Carolina’s modern death penalty to commute more than two death ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina's latest Democratic governor was sworn into office on Wednesday, as Josh Stein succeeded Roy Cooper in a top elected position for the second time in eight years.

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper (D) on Tuesday commuted the death sentences of 15 inmates to life in prison without the ...