Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper and Gov.-elect Josh Stein have filed another lawsuit against a GOP-inspired law that strips away ...

Dwight Jordan was 18 at the time of his conviction for murder, and his commuted sentence makes him eligible for parole.

Stein and Cooper argue that Republicans’ changes violate the separation of powers established in the North Carolina ...

As Governor Roy Cooper prepares to depart the Executive Mansion, criminal justice advocates are urging him to make use of his ...

Wanda Bertram, a spokesperson for the Prison Policy Initiative, a think tank that wants Cooper to commute all death sentences ...

Gov. Roy Cooper commuted the sentences of six people in North Carolina prisons on Monday afternoon and granted pardons to ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- On Monday, Gov. Roy Cooper commuted the sentences of six people in North Carolina prisons and granted ...

Monday’s filing specifically targets the transfer of power of State Board of Elections appointments from the governor to the ...

North Carolina law gives the governor control over elections. Republican state legislators have been trying unsuccessfully to change that ever since Roy Cooper became governor and are pursing a new ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WITN) - Governor Roy Cooper commuted the sentences of six people in North Carolina prisons and granted pardons ...

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper has issued a statement following a shooting at the Food Lion grocery store involving a Greensboro police officer.