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Roy Asberry Cooper III (/ ˈ k ʊ p ər / KUUP-ər [1] [a]; born June 13, 1957) is an American attorney and politician who served from 2017 to 2025 as the 75th governor of North Carolina. A member of the Democratic Party , he served as the 50th attorney general of North Carolina from 2001 to 2017, and in the North Carolina General Assembly , in ...
On April 11, 2007, North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper dropped all charges, declaring the three lacrosse players "innocent" and victims of a "tragic rush to accuse". [9] [10] Cooper described Nifong as a "rogue prosecutor"; he withdrew from the case in January 2007 after the North Carolina State Bar filed ethics charges against him. In ...
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper issued a statement on Monday night signaling that he's removed himself from contention as a vice presidential running mate for Kamala Harris in the 2024 election.
As Governor Roy Cooper prepares to depart the Executive Mansion, criminal justice advocates are urging him to make use of his broadest set of powers: the ability to grant clemency for state crimes.
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper and Governor-elect Josh Stein sued Republican legislative leaders Monday, seeking to block part of a new law that strips the governor’s office of the power to ...
Gov. Roy Cooper has pardoned nine people in North Carolina and commuted the sentences of six more, including a Raleigh man sent to prison for life for a murder he committed at age 18. The governor ...
Gov. Roy Cooper stands with Kamala Harris supporters during a campaign event in Raleigh on Thursday, July 25, 2024. Cooper is on Vice President Kamala Harris’ short list of potential running mates.
(The Center Square) – In the last 125 years, only one of the 21 Democrats serving North Carolina as governor faced the same challenge as Roy Cooper. The Nash County native, however, doesn’t ...