North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper commuted death row inmate Christopher Roseboro's sentence to life without the possibility of parole.

On his final day in office, North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper has commuted the death row sentences of 15 people to life without ...

Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa has approved a law that abolishes the death penalty in the southern African state with immediate effect. Rights group Amnesty hailed the decision as a “beacon ...

North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper has saved a Robeson County man convicted of murder from his death sentence.

Republican lawmakers slammed President Biden Tuesday after a military appeals court judge refused to nix the sweetheart plea ...

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North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper issued 15 commutations on his final day in office Tuesday, sending those sentenced to die ...

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 ...

One of the inmates receiving clemency had challenged his sentence under the groundbreaking Racial Justice Act of 2009, a ...

The Death Penalty Abolition Act, published in Government Gazette on Tuesday, says courts can no longer deliver a sentence of ...

In one of his final acts in office, North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper has commuted the death sentences of 15 men convicted of ...

Bowie was convicted of two counts of first-degree murder in the shooting deaths of Calvin Lee Wilson and Nelson Roger Shuford ...