RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper has commuted what have been lengthy sentences served by six criminal offenders in state prisons — five of whom were convicted of murder ...

Even after wrongfully convicted people in North Carolina are exonerated, they aren't eligible for restitution for their time in prison unless also pardoned by the governor. Even after wrongfully ...

WINTERVILLE, N.C. (WNCT) — An Eastern N.C. pastor has been pardoned by Governor Roy Cooper. Now, Darron Carmon is speaking about his story after hearing that news. In 1993, when he was 19 years ...

State lawmakers plan to return to session next week to overturn Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto of a bill that would massively expand state spending on private school vouchers. They might also consider ...

NORTH CAROLINA (WGHP) — Governor Roy Cooper has issued pardons for two men who were wrongfully convicted. One of them is from the Piedmont Triad. Mark Crotts was convicted of two counts of first ...

ASHEVILLE - Gov. Roy Cooper appointed Judge Roy Wijewickrama on Nov. 14 to serve as Superior Court Judge in Haywood and Jackson counties. Wijewickrama will fill the vacancy in Judicial District ...

GOVERNOR ROY COOPER IS CALLING FOR AN ADDITIONAL $3.9 BILLION IN AID TO GO TO WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. SO FAR, THE LEGISLATURE HAS APPROVED TWO RELIEF PACKAGES TOTALING. NEARLY $880 MILLION.

Roy Cooper's administration. The Democratic governor and state Natural and Cultural Resources Secretary Reid Wilson visited the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences in downtown Raleigh to ...

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 ...