Gov. Cooper pardons wrongly-convicted Charles Ray Finch
RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) – Gov. Roy Cooper granted a pardon of innocence to Charles Ray Finch on Wednesday, his office announced.
After 43 years in prison, the former death row inmate was freed in 2019 after a wrongful murder conviction.
“I have carefully reviewed Charles Ray Finch’s case and am granting him a Pardon of Innocence. Mr. Finch and others who have been wrongly convicted deserve to have that injustice fully and publicly acknowledged,” Cooper said.
Finch was seeking a pardon of innocence from Cooper.
The issue of clemency or a pardon of innocence is paramount. Without it, they can’t be reimbursed for the time they were in prison.
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