Roy Cooper’s veto. Cooper, a Democrat, had argued the bill strips money from Hurricane Helene victims, who were still rebuilding after the September storm ravaged western Western North Carolina.

That is why Gov. Roy Cooper’s commutation of 15 death sentences to life without parole sentences bears great significance. Cooper is the first governor in the history of North Carolina’s ...

Outgoing Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper of North Carolina commuted the death sentences of 15 people this week but still denied the majority of clemency petitions from prisoners on death row.

As one of his last acts as governor, on New Year's Eve, Gov. Roy Cooper commuted the sentences of 15 people on North Carolina's death row to life without parole. Before these commutations ...

N.C. Gov. Roy Cooper commuted the sentences of 15 North Carolinian inmates on death row to life without the possibility of parole on his last day in office Tuesday, the largest clemency action of ...

Roy Cooper on Tuesday — his final day in office. Robbie Dexter Locklear, 52, was among 15 inmates granted clemency among 89 who asked Cooper’s office for relief, according to a news release.

On a white background with maroon lettering, “Tabor Academy, 14, Travis Roy.” Travis Roy, class of 1995, became the first athlete at Tabor Academy to have their number retired Saturday ...

He also writes Crooks and Liars. He has a background in enterprise resource planning and previously managed the network infrastructure for the North Carolina Department of Correction.

ROBESON COUNTY, N.C. (WMBF) - North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper has saved a Robeson County man convicted of murder from his death sentence. 52-year-old Robbie Locklear was sentenced to death for ...

Across the country, death sentences began a steep and steady decline twenty-five years ago. Today, just a relic of the prior practice remains in a handful of scattered counties, which maintain the ...

"It's the first time I've seen myself at that age." Roy Cooper, standing in the Shenandoah County Library in Edinburg, looked down at a photo of himself — a young boy, no older than 8, lanky and ...