RALEIGH (AP) — North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper granted a pardon of innocence Friday to a man imprisoned for two decades before his two murder convictions were vacated more than four years ago by a trial judge. The pardon means ...

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RALEIGH (AP) — North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper announced Thursday the pardons of five men convicted of crimes he believes they did not commit. Among the prisoners is Ronnie Long, who spent 44 years in prison for a rape he ...

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Estate of Jacobs v. State (Lawyers Weekly No. 15-07-0763, 12 pp.) (Lucy Inman, J.) Appealed from the Industrial Commission. N.C. App. Holding: The plaintiff-estates’ decedents received their pardons posthumously; therefore, the estates are not entitled to recover for their decedents’ ...

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RALEIGH (AP) — Two brothers, one of whom spent three decades on death row, were pardoned Thursday in the 1983 rape and killing of a girl, clearing the way for them to each receive $750,000 in compensation from the state. ...

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Gov. Pat McCrory granted pardons on Friday to two men who completed their sentences at least 30 years ago and have each become parts of their respective communities.

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Gov. Pat McCrory on Monday pardoned a man who wrongly spent nearly 17 years in prison for a Greensboro murder after law officers and prosecutors hid key details from defense lawyers.

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Supporters and surviving members of the Wilmington 10 have made another trip to Raleigh to give North Carolina Gov. Beverly Perdue more names of people who want her to officially pardon the group. Benjamin Chavis and three other living Wilmington ...

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