Even after wrongfully convicted people in North Carolina are exonerated, they aren't eligible for restitution for their time ...

An Alamance County man who went through three murder trials before being acquitted and a Pitt County pastor who was ...

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper has commuted what have been lengthy sentences served by six criminal offenders in state ...

Gov. Roy Cooper predicts Kamala Harris will win North Carolina, citing high early voting turnout among women concerned about ...

Late Wednesday, Governor Roy Cooper announced he had commuted the sentences of six people in North Carolina prisons and granted pardons of innocence to two others. According to the governor's ...

WATCH: Gov. Roy Cooper speaks at 2024 Democratic National Convention North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper spoke Thursday on the final night of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, an evening ...

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper, a Democrat, cast his ballot early on Tuesday for Kamala Harris for president, telling reporters after that Donald Trump will “turn our democracy upside down.” ...

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Roy Cooper's veto of a bill that would expand state spending on private school vouchers. Meanwhile, Cooper argues the money should be redirected to Hurricane Helene recovery efforts in western ...

Roy Cooper is pardoning two men ... pastoring local churches and starting youth mentoring programs. Years later, new facts would emerge that backed up his claim of innocence: A Pitt County ...