Senate Bill 382 passed through the North Carolina legislature after being pushed by House Republicans following Gov. Roy Cooper's veto.

The new year ushers in a new North Carolina legislative session and a new governor. Democratic Gov. Josh Stein was sworn in ...

Gov. Roy Cooper announced on Tuesday that he reviewed 89 clemency petitions from death row inmates and granted 15 of them.

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

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Democratic Gov ... department secretaries being holdovers from outgoing Gov. Roy Cooper's administration. The two current secretaries — Reid Wilson and ...

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

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

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

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

As one of his last acts in office, Gov. Roy Cooper commuted the sentences of 15 people on North Carolina's death row to life ...

Governor Roy Cooper announced that he has commuted the sentences of 15 people on death row in North Carolina, including ...

North Carolina will celebrate the arrival of its 76th governor on Jan. 11, when Josh Stein takes a ceremonial oath of office ...