/tags/north-carolina-innocence-inquiry-commission North Carolina Innocence Inquiry Commission en-US Copyright Wed, 13 Nov 2024 23:29:29 GMT /news/2024-11-13/roy-cooper-commutes-sentences-grants-pardons Late Wednesday, Governor Roy Cooper announced he had commuted the sentences of six people in North Carolina prisons and granted pardons of innocence to two others. According to the governor's office, the clemency actions followed a review by the Office of Executive Clemency, the Office of General Counsel, and the governor. Wed, 13 Nov 2024 23:29:29 GMT /news/2024-11-13/roy-cooper-commutes-sentences-grants-pardons Jason deBruyn /law/2019-10-08/nc-innocence-inquiry-commission-questions-guilt-of-winston-salem-man-in-30-year-old-homicide The North Carolina Innocence Inquiry Commission believes a Winston-Salem man may have falsely confessed to a role in a homicide.More than 30 years ago,… Tue, 08 Oct 2019 16:35:08 GMT /law/2019-10-08/nc-innocence-inquiry-commission-questions-guilt-of-winston-salem-man-in-30-year-old-homicide Laura Pellicer, Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2019-10-08/nc-innocence-inquiry-commission-questions-guilt-of-winston-salem-man-in-30-year-old-homicide The North Carolina Innocence Inquiry Commission believes a Winston-Salem man may have falsely confessed to a role in a homicide.More than 30 years ago,… Tue, 08 Oct 2019 16:35:08 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2019-10-08/nc-innocence-inquiry-commission-questions-guilt-of-winston-salem-man-in-30-year-old-homicide Laura Pellicer, Frank Stasio /race-demographics/2019-09-02/exonerated-members-of-central-park-five-to-speak-at-duke Two exonerated members of what was known as the "Central Park Five," will speak at Duke University Monday night. The detailed story of the "Central Park… Mon, 02 Sep 2019 12:53:23 GMT /race-demographics/2019-09-02/exonerated-members-of-central-park-five-to-speak-at-duke Leoneda Inge /law/2015-09-02/wrongfully-convicted-men-receive-financial-compensation Two North Carolina men who were wrongfully convicted of murder and spent 30 years in prison are receiving financial compensation. Henry McCollum and his… Thu, 03 Sep 2015 01:59:01 GMT /law/2015-09-02/wrongfully-convicted-men-receive-financial-compensation Jeff Tiberii /politics/2015-06-04/after-31-years-in-prison-brothers-receive-pardons Henry McCollum and Leon Brown are getting full pardons from the Governor after spending more than three decades in prison. The victim in this case was… Thu, 04 Jun 2015 20:42:12 GMT /politics/2015-06-04/after-31-years-in-prison-brothers-receive-pardons Jeff Tiberii /law/2015-01-23/let-me-be-the-first-in-the-state-of-north-carolina-to-apologize-to-mr-sledge A man held in a North Carolina prison for most of his life was released on Friday, after a special panel found he had been wrongfully convicted of a… Fri, 23 Jan 2015 18:00:00 GMT /law/2015-01-23/let-me-be-the-first-in-the-state-of-north-carolina-to-apologize-to-mr-sledge Jessica Jones, Carol Jackson, Jorge Valencia /law/2014-12-08/joseph-sledge-closer-to-freedom In 1976, Joseph Sledge escaped from an Elizabethtown prison and within 24 hours, mother and daughter Josephine and Ailene Davis were murdered. He was… Mon, 08 Dec 2014 17:06:56 GMT /law/2014-12-08/joseph-sledge-closer-to-freedom Hady Mawajdeh, Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2014-12-08/joseph-sledge-closer-to-freedom In 1976, Joseph Sledge escaped from an Elizabethtown prison and within 24 hours, mother and daughter Josephine and Ailene Davis were murdered. He was… Mon, 08 Dec 2014 17:06:56 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2014-12-08/joseph-sledge-closer-to-freedom Hady Mawajdeh, Frank Stasio