North Carolina governor makes shock move regarding 15 death row inmates on his last day in office

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North Carolina governor makes shock move regarding 15 death row inmates on his last day in office

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The governor of North Carolina reduced the death sentence of 15 inmates to life without parole on his last day in office. Governor Roy Cooper, who was previously the attorney general for 16 years, has been barred from seeking a third consecutive term and will officially hand the torch to fellow Democrat Josh Stein when he takes the oath of office on Wednesday, NPR reported. But in one of his final acts in office, Cooper commuted the death sentences of 15 men convicted of murder on Tuesday - officially reducing the state's death row population by more than 10 percent.
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