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.
Governor Issues 2 Commutations and 2 Pardons of Forgiveness
6 days ago · Today, Governor Roy Cooper commuted the sentences of two people in North Carolina prisons and granted pardons of forgiveness to two others. The clemency actions followed thorough review by the Office of Executive Clemency, the Office of General Counsel and the Governor.“Ensuring careful review of petitions for clemency is a responsibility I take seriously,” said Governor Cooper.
NC Gov. Cooper commuted sentences of 15 death row inmates
4 days ago · 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, the ...
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 ... a responsibility I take seriously,” Cooper said in a second news release
Introducing North Carolina Prison News Today | NC DAC
Nov 6, 2024 · The introductory edition of the new statewide publication, North Carolina Prison News Today (NCPNT), was first available on offender tablets in late October. NCPNT includes articles, written mostly by incarcerated persons, about news, programs, and …
North Carolina federal prison supervisor convicted after …
Dec 28, 2024 · A North Carolina federal prison supervisor has been convicted of instructing a correctional officer to physically punish a man ... AP today remains the most trusted source of fast, accurate, unbiased news in all formats and the essential provider of the technology and services vital to the news business. More than half the world’s population ...
People behind bars grapple with impacts from Helene
Nov 8, 2024 · Dawn Blagrove, an attorney and executive director at Emancipate NC, calls for prison officials to release hundreds of people early to ease overcrowding at a Nov. 1 news conference outside a women’s prison in Raleigh.
3 death row inmates from NC get commuted sentences by Biden
Dec 23, 2024 · President Biden commuted the death sentences of 37 people on federal death row. In this 2002 photo, prisoners on North Carolina’s death row make their way back to their cell block at Central ...
Gov. Roy Cooper issues pardons, commuted sentences in NC | Raleigh News ...
Dec 23, 2024 · Gov. Roy Cooper has pardoned nine people in North Carolina and commuted the sentences of six more, including a Raleigh man sent to prison for life for a murder he committed at age 18. The governor ...
Governor Cooper Commutes the Sentence of Four People in North Carolina …
Jul 11, 2024 · Today, Governor Roy Cooper commuted the sentence of four people in North Carolina and granted pardons to four others. The commutations and pardons follow an intensive review of cases, including the circumstances of the crimes, length of the sentences, records in prison, and readiness to reenter communities successfully after prison.