Outgoing North Carolina governor commutes 15 death row sentences
In one of his final acts in office, North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper commuted the death sentences of 15 men convicted of murder to life in prison without parole on Tuesday, reducing the state's death row population by more than 10%.
N.C. governor commutes 15 death penalty sentences before leaving office
Outgoing North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper on Tuesday announced 15 commutations of the death penalty to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
Outgoing North Carolina governor 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 Tuesday,
NC Gov. Roy Cooper commutes sentences of 15 death row inmates on final day in office
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper (D) on Tuesday commuted the death sentences of 15 inmates to life in prison without the possibility of parole, coinciding with New Year’s Eve and his final day in
Outgoing governor commutes 15 death sentences on final day in office: report
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper issued 15 commutations on his final day in office Tuesday, sending those sentenced to die instead to life in prison without parole. NBC News reported that among the prisoners "was convicted murderer Hasson Bacote,
Gov. Roy Cooper commutes sentences for 2 men serving time for murder, pardons others
Gov. Roy Cooper on Tuesday reduced the sentences of two people in North Carolina prisons and granted pardons of forgiveness ...
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Catawba, Iredell men convicted of murder no longer face death, will spend lives in prison
Bowie was convicted of two counts of first-degree murder in the shooting deaths of Calvin Lee Wilson and Nelson Roger Shuford ...
Triad man to be freed from prison decades after murder conviction
Brian Fuller went to prison after driving drunk and then hitting and killing two people in 1997. Gov. Roy Cooper commuted his sentence Tuesday.
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North Carolina police arrested Jami Raiziah Griffin for the nearly-fatal incident.
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A North Carolina court directs new trial a second time in case focused on self-defense argument
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This 20-Year-Old North Carolina Black Woman Was Doused in Gasoline and Set on Fire...With a Very Surprising Outcome
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Bond set at $1 million for man charged with setting woman on fire in North Carolina
On Friday, investigators arrested 23-year-old Jami Raiziah Griffin. He was charged with attempted murder, assault with a ...
North Carolina man charged with murder in fatal shooting of officer at supermarket, police say
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Man Charged With Murder of North Carolina Officer Shot at Supermarket
Tarell Isaac McMillian has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of Greensboro Police Department Officer Michael ...
Bail bondsman attacked with axe, North Carolina man charged with second-degree murder
Caleb Jones was charged with second-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder and two counts of assault inflicting serious injury with intent to kill. The warrants were served on Dec. 23 and Dec.
Dad, ex-husband of North Carolina murder victims calls for death penalty for suspect
As Andrew Scoggins mourns the loss of his son and ex-wife, he said police in this Las Vegas suburb failed to test the man charged in their murders for drugs or alcohol. Evan Scoggins, 20, and his ...