Outgoing NC Governor Roy Cooper commuted 15 death sentences to life in prison, shrinking the state’s death row.

Outgoing North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper has commuted the death sentences of 15 men to life in prison without parole, reducing the state's death row by over 10%. This decision followed a thorough review of petitions and input from prosecutors and victims' families. North Carolina, one of 27 states with the death penalty, now has the fifth-largest death row population in the US, despite not having carried out an execution since 2006.

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