An incarcerated NC man reflects on (and celebrates) the clemency granted to others
When former Governor Roy Cooper issued a final round of pardons and criminal sentencing commutations on New Year’s Eve, his ...
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Uncovering history: Roy Cooper’s family legacy rediscovered through Wolf Gap memorial
Roy Cooper, standing in the Shenandoah County Library in Edinburg, looked down at a photo of himself — a young boy, no older ...
Roy Cooper blasts ‘egregious attack on the right to vote’ in state Supreme Court race
In some of his first post-gubernatorial remarks on state politics, Roy Cooper condemned Judge Jefferson Griffin’s ongoing ...
Fair Grove man shares healing journey months following deadly head-on crash in September
FAIR GROVE, Mo. (KY3) - A wrong-way driver hit 20-year-old Cooper Roy back in September on U.S. Highway 65 just five miles ...
On his final day in office, NC Gov. Roy Cooper commuted 15 death sentences; who are they?
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 without parole.
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Gov. Cooper commutes sentences of 15 on death row, issues other pardons and commutations
RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- Gov. Roy Cooper announced Tuesday -- his last day in office -- that he has commuted the sentences of 15 people on death row. He also granted two other commutations and two ...
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Roy Cooper showed Democrats how to govern and win. And he’s not done.
Gov. Roy Cooper (D-North Carolina) the day after a hurricane on Sept. 6, 2019, in Wilmington, North Carolina. (Elijah Nouvelage for The Washington Post) When Roy Cooper was narrowly elected North ...
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Outgoing North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper follows in Biden’s footsteps with last-minute death sentence commutations
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 ...
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Cooper commutes 15 death row inmates' sentences on last day as governor
On his final day in office Tuesday, Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper commuted the sentences of 15 people on North Carolina's death row. It comes on the heels of a similar decision days earlier by ...
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Helene did record $53B in damage to NC, Cooper says. Now he wants billions more in state aid
Helene was the most economically damaging natural disaster to ever hit North Carolina, in addition to the deadliest, Gov. Roy Cooper said Wednesday as he pressed lawmakers to approve a new, $3.9 ...
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NC Gov. Roy Cooper commutes sentences of 15 death row inmates before leaving office
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 ...
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Roy Cooper departs as big projects remain unrealized
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper oversaw a booming state economy in his eight years in office, but some of the biggest jobs projects have yet to materialize. In his final days in office, North ...