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Arizona governor pauses deportation for Guatemalan who gave birth days ago
‘Erika’, 24, gained public attention after lawyer said federal agents denied him access to her in a Tucson hospital A Guatemalan immigrant who crossed the US border eight months pregnant and gave birth in Arizona has avoided fast-track deportation after intervention by the state’s governor, her lawyer and a federal official said on Saturday. The…
North Carolina governor commutes 15 death row sentences on last day in office
Roy Cooper’s historic clemency action comes a week after Biden’s resentencings shielded dozens from execution The governor of North Carolina has granted commutations to 15 people on death row on his final day in office, changing their sentences to life without the possibility of parole. Roy Cooper, a Democrat, announced his clemency action on New…
Outgoing North Carolina governor commutes 15 death row sentences
By The Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. — In one of his final acts in office, North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper commuted the death sentences of 15 men convicted of murder to life in prison without parole on Tuesday, reducing the state’s death row population by more than 10%. Cooper, who was barred from seeking a…