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Thirty-one years after being sentenced to death, a Fairfax County killer had his sentence changed to life in prison.

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Outgoing North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper on Tuesday announced 15 commutations of the death penalty to life in prison ...

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One of Gov. Roy Cooper's final actions in office was to commute the death penalty sentences of 15 men on death row in North ...