Gov. Roy Cooper grants clemency to 15 on NCS death row

North Carolina Gov. Cooper commutes sentences of 15 death row inmates
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper, on his last day in office Tuesday, commuted the death sentences of 15 inmates to life in prison without parole.
On final day in office, Gov. Roy Cooper grants clemency to 15 on NC’s death row
Gov. Roy Cooper announced he would change the death sentences of 15 people to life in prison without parole as one of his final acts as governor.
Outgoing North Carolina governor commutes 15 death row sentences
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 state's death row population by more than 10%.
NC Gov. Roy Cooper commutes sentences of 15 death row inmates on final day in office
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper (D) on Tuesday commuted the death sentences of 15 inmates to life in prison without the possibility of parole, coinciding with New Year’s Eve and his final day in
North Carolina Gov. Cooper takes Robeson County inmate off death row on final day in office
A Robeson County man whose been on death for decades after being convicted of killing his stepfather had his sentence commuted to life without parole by Gov. Roy Cooper on Tuesday — his final day in office.
Gov. Cooper commutes 15 death sentences on last day as North Carolina governor
Before stepping aside from the highest office in North Carolina, Gov. Roy Cooper has made what he said is among his most difficult decisions.
Cooper commutes 15 death row inmates' sentences on last day as governor
One of NC Governor Roy Cooper's final actions in office was to commute the death penalty sentences of 15 men on death row in North Carolina state prison. They will now serve a life sentence instead.
Roy Cooper commutes 15 death row sentences on his final day in office
On his final day in office, North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper has commuted the death row sentences of 15 people to life without parole.
N.C. governor commutes 15 death penalty sentences before leaving office
Outgoing North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper on Tuesday announced 15 commutations of the death penalty to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
Outgoing North Carolina governor follows in Biden’s footsteps with last-minute death sentence commutations
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 possibility of parole on Tuesday,
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Gov. Roy Cooper commutes sentences of 15 death row inmates on final day in office
In his final day in office, Governor Roy Cooper commuted the sentence of 15 death row inmates in North Carolina.
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