JUST IN: On Final Day in Office, North Carolina’s Democrat Governor Commutes Death Sentences For 15 Inmates Convicted of First-Degree Murder

North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper (D) commuted death sentences for 15 inmates on his last day in office.

On Tuesday Cooper announced that he has commuted the sentences of 15 people on death row in North Carolina to life without the possibility of parole after a thorough review of detailed petitions for clemency.

“These reviews are among the most difficult decisions a Governor can make and the death penalty is the most severe sentence that the state can impose,” said Governor Cooper. “After thorough review, reflection, and prayer, I concluded that the death sentence imposed on these 15 people should be commuted, while ensuring they will spend the rest of their lives in prison.”

Cooper’s office said no executions have been carried out in North Carolina since 2006 because of ongoing litigation.

Roy Cooper commuted the sentences of the following North Carolina inmates -ALL convicted of First-Degree Murder:

• Hasson Bacote, 38, convicted of First-Degree Murder in Johnston County in 2009
• Iziah Barden, 67, convicted of First-Degree Murder in Sampson County in 1999
• Nathan Bowie, 53, convicted of First-Degree Murder in Catawba County in 1993
• Rayford Burke, 66, convicted of First-Degree Murder in Iredell County in 1993
• Elrico Fowler, 49, convicted of First-Degree Murder in Mecklenburg County in 1997
• Cerron Hooks, 46, convicted of First-Degree Murder in Forsyth County in 2000
• Guy LeGrande, 65, convicted of First-Degree Murder in Stanly County in 1996
• James Little, 38, convicted of First-Degree Murder in Forsyth County in 2008
• Robbie Locklear, 52, convicted of First-Degree Murder in Robeson County in 1996
• Lawrence Peterson, 55, convicted of First-Degree Murder in Richmond County in 1996
• William Robinson, 41, convicted of First-Degree Murder in Stanly County in 2011
• Christopher Roseboro, 60, convicted of First-Degree Murder in Gaston County in 1997
• Darrell Strickland, 66, convicted of First-Degree Murder in Union County in 1995
• Timothy White, 47, convicted of First-Degree Murder in Forsyth County in 2000
• Vincent Wooten, 52, convicted of First-Degree Murder in Pitt County in 1994.

Governor Cooper’s decision to pardon 15 inmates on death row comes after Joe Biden prioritized child killers and murderers on his way out the door by commuting the death sentences of 37 of the 40 men on federal death row.

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