One of the inmates receiving clemency had challenged his sentence under the groundbreaking Racial Justice Act of 2009, a judge had yet to issue a decision in that case.

In his final day in office, Governor Roy Cooper commuted the sentence of 15 death row inmates in North Carolina.

Gov. Roy Cooper grants clemency for 15 people on death row, including 3 in Forsyth County The owner of the California restaurant Lima said it hasn’t been able to bounce back after settling a lawsuit over a promotion that discounted drinks for women.

Governor Cooper says he commuted the sentences after reviewing the detailed petitions for clemency, input from district attorneys and victims’ families, and a close review by his office.

On his final day in office, North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper has commuted the death row sentences of 15 people to life without parole.

Governor Roy Cooper commuted the sentences of 15 death row inmates to life without possibility of parole on New Year’s Eve following five years of vigils outside the governor’s mansion and a two-year sustained campaign to grant clemency to all inmates sentenced to death.