When former Governor Roy Cooper issued a final round of pardons and criminal sentencing commutations on New Year’s Eve, his ...

Roy Cooper, standing in the Shenandoah County Library in Edinburg, looked down at a photo of himself — a young boy, no older ...

In some of his first post-gubernatorial remarks on state politics, Roy Cooper condemned Judge Jefferson Griffin’s ongoing ...

As one of his last acts in office, Gov. Roy Cooper commuted the sentences of 15 people on North Carolina's death row to life without parole.

FAIR GROVE, Mo. (KY3) - A wrong-way driver hit 20-year-old Cooper Roy back in September on U.S. Highway 65 just five miles ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- Gov. Roy Cooper announced Tuesday -- his last day in office -- that he has commuted the sentences of 15 people on death row. He also granted two other commutations and two ...

Gov. Roy Cooper (D-North Carolina) the day after a hurricane on Sept. 6, 2019, in Wilmington, North Carolina. (Elijah Nouvelage for The Washington Post) When Roy Cooper was narrowly elected North ...

On his final day in office, North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper commuted the death row sentences of 15 people to life without parole. In a press release, Cooper said he reviewed the petitions for ...

On his final day in office Tuesday, Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper commuted the sentences of 15 people on North Carolina's death row. It comes on the heels of a similar decision days earlier by ...

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - Roy Cooper is no stranger to politics. Born and raised in North Carolina, Cooper got his start in public service with the NC State House in 1987 and the State Senate in 1991.

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper oversaw a booming state economy in his eight years in office, but some of the biggest jobs projects have yet to materialize. In his final days in office, North ...

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper (D) on Tuesday commuted the death sentences of 15 inmates to life in prison without the possibility of parole, coinciding with New Year’s Eve and his final day in ...