A 67-year-old former Sampson County man should be able to breathe a sigh of relief this week after N.C. Gov. Roy Cooper commuted the death penalty portion of his murder conviction just before ...

Gov. Roy Cooper announced on Tuesday that he reviewed 89 clemency petitions from death row inmates and granted 15 of them.

New North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein took several actions on Thursday to help the short- and long-term recovery from Hurricane ...