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On February 25, 2021, Gov. Roy Cooper and his appointees agreed to the early release of at least 3,500 criminal offenders to settle a lawsuit brought by left-wing organizations using the COVID pandemic to pursue their anti-incarceration agenda. Five years later, the identifying IDs and early release dates of 4,234 offenders reported by the NC Department of Adult Correction were made public.These are their names. These are their crimes.
List of released offenders/release information from report on re-entries obtained by WSOCTV. Sentencing data and offender information from tables published by the North Carolina Department Of Adult Correction. Mugshots from various sources. Offense description tooltips are best guesses based on abbreviated offense names in data.