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 ...
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 Democratic ...
Governor Cooper: A look back at his political journey and his accomplishments as NC Governor
Roy Cooper is no stranger to politics. Born and raised in North Carolina, Cooper got his start in public service with the NC State House in 1987 and State Senate in 1991.
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 ...
Newsline political reporter Galen Bacharier on Roy Cooper’s legacy and the new Stein administration
After eight years in the governor’s mansion and nearly 40 in elected office, Roy Cooper has exited public service – at least for a while – and turned over the reins of state government to his ...
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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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Roy Cooper’s commutations should signal the death penalty’s end in North Carolina | Opinion
That is why Gov. Roy Cooper’s commutation of 15 death sentences to life without parole sentences bears great significance. Cooper is the first governor in the history of North Carolina’s modern death ...
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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 ...