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

Before stepping aside from the highest office in North Carolina, Gov. Roy Cooper has made what he said is among his most ...

North Carolina had 136 offenders on death row, among the top 5 largest death rows in the U.S. Gov. Roy Cooper's office said ...

Gov. Roy Cooper announced he would change the death sentences of 15 people to life in prison without parole as one of his ...

A Robeson County man whose been on death for decades after being convicted of killing his stepfather had his sentence ...

After winning a contentious election, Democrat Josh Stein will take office in January. Here are the details on his ...

Gov. Roy Cooper’s second four-year term as our state’s chief executive is ending and, by any fair assessment, he’s done a ...

In an interview, Roy Cooper spoke about his legacy, how to appeal to Republicans and Democratic speculation that he might run ...

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper will leave the mansion. Sweaters, driving, sports and maybe the Senate are in his future.

On his final day in office, North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper has commuted the death row sentences of 15 people to life without ...

In his final day in office, Governor Roy Cooper commuted the sentence of 15 death row inmates in North Carolina.

The WCU Political Science Department Chair compares it to the race in 1984 where two-term North Carolina Governor Jim Hunt ...