Outgoing North Carolina governor commutes 15 death row sentences

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper speaks at a campaign rally for President Joe Biden on June 28 in Raleigh, N.C.

Before Tuesday, North Carolina had 136 offenders on death row, among the top 5 largest death rows in the U.S. Gov. Roy Cooper’s office said it had received clemency petitions from 89 of them.

(Image credit: Evan Vucci)

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