RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina's latest Democratic governor was sworn in to office on Wednesday, as Josh Stein succeeded ...

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

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

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

Roy Cooper is no stranger to politics. Born and raised in North Carolina, Cooper got his start in public service with the NC ...

Gov. Roy Cooper gives his final speech as North Carolina's top executive during the swearing-in of Gov.-elect Josh Stein.

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

Gov. Roy Cooper announced that he has commuted the sentences of 15 people on death row. He also granted two other ...

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 ...

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

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