After the state’s previous governor created a board to consider clemency for people sentenced to lengthy prison terms as minors, a new administration closes their pathway to freedom.

No matter how you look at the strikes on alleged “drug boats”—as acts of war or attacks on civilians—Hegseth has committed a crime and should be prosecuted.

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Roberson Was Scheduled to Be Executed on October 16 Despite Overwhelming Evidence of Innocence

Benjamin Cole is the most recent clinic client to be released

If you can't beat 'em, try to get 60,000 votes tossed out.

After incumbent Democratic Justice Allison Riggs appeared to defeat Republican challenger Jefferson Griffin for a seat on the North Carolina Supreme Court, Griffin has been seeking to throw out 60,000...

Gov. Roy Cooper is the first governor in the history of North Carolina’s modern death penalty to commute more than two death penalty cases. | Opinion

Today, Governor Roy Cooper announced that he has commuted the sentences of 15 people on death row in North Carolina to life without the possibility of parole. He commuted these sentences after a thoro...

Today, Governor Roy Cooper announced that he has commuted the sentences of 15 people on death row in North Carolina to life without the possibility of parole. He commuted these sentences after a thoro...

As a state prosecutor and district attorney, I became keenly aware that the death penalty does not serve victims or our communities. | Opinion

criminal justice advocates are urging Gov. Roy Cooper to make use of his powers to grant clemency for state crimes.

President Joe Biden announced Monday that he is taking 37 people off federal death row to serve out life sentences behind bars — a decision that leaves only three federal prisoners awaiting execution ...

Fearing political backlash, governors use their clemency powers far less than they once did. But it’s a powerful tool for addressing injustice.