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With 15 death row commutations, Gov. Cooper joins a majority of U.S. governorsin limiting the excesses of the death penaltyRaleigh, NC — Gov. Roy Cooper today j

A man sentenced to death for a 1993 shooting in Pitt County is among 15 people on death row granted clemency on Tuesday by Gov. Roy Cooper in one of

In one of his final acts in office, Gov. Roy Cooper granted clemency to 15 people on death row.They include three people in Forsyth County — Cerron Hooke, James Little, and Timothy White. All 15 are now sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

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 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.