North Carolina Gov. Cooper commutes sentences of 15 death ... - NBC News
6 days ago · 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.
Outgoing North Carolina governor commutes 15 death row …
6 days ago · RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — 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, reducing the …
Governor Cooper commutes 15 death sentences following years …
Dec 31, 2024 · Governor Roy Cooper commuted the sentences of 15 death row inmates to life without possibility of parole on New Year’s Eve following five years of vigils outside the governor’s mansion and a two-year sustained campaign to grant clemency to all inmates sentenced to death.
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper commutes 15 death sentences
3 days ago · North Carolina last executed someone on death row in 2006. Ongoing litigation has kept the death penalty on hold since the August 2006 execution of Samuel Flippen, according to the governor’s ...
NC Governor Roy Cooper commutes 15 death sentences, pardons …
6 days ago · 15 commutations for those facing death penalty. Fifteen people on the state’s death row are no longer facing the possibility of an execution. With this decision, Gov. Cooper said, it is “among the most difficult decisions a governor can make and the death penalty is the most severe sentence that the state can impose.”
Cooper commutes 15 death row inmates' sentences on last day as …
6 days ago · One of Gov. 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...
N.C. governor commutes 15 death penalty sentences before …
Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Outgoing North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper on Tuesday announced 15 commutations of the death penalty to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
Outgoing North Carolina governor commutes 15 death row …
Dec 31, 2024 · Before Tuesday, North Carolina had 136 offenders on death row. Cooper's office said it had received clemency petitions from 89 of them. "These reviews are among the most difficult decisions a Governor can make and the death penalty is the most severe sentence that the state can impose," Cooper said in a news release.
Outgoing North Carolina governor commutes 15 death row …
6 days ago · Before Tuesday, North Carolina had 136 offenders on death row. Cooper's office said it had received clemency petitions from 89 of them. "These reviews are among the most difficult decisions a Governor can make and the death penalty is the most severe sentence that the state can impose," Cooper said in a news release.
Gov. Roy Cooper grants clemency to 15 on death row | Raleigh News …
Dec 31, 2024 · Gov. Roy Cooper changed the death sentences of 15 people in North Carolina to life in prison without parole as one of his final acts as governor.