Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey has commuted the execution of a man on death row. On Tuesday, Ivey announced that Charles L. Burton, 75, would instead serve life in prison without the ...

DeBruce and Burton were both convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death, but DeBruce's sentence was commuted to a life sentence in 2013.

Gov. Ivey has commuted the death sentence of Alabama death row inmate Charles “Sonny” Burton to life in prison without the possibility of parole, sparing him from a scheduled execution this week.

Charles Lee “Sonny” Burton had spent more than 30 years on Alabama's Death Row for the 1991 murder in which he wasn't the ...

Alabam governor Kay Ivey commuted the sentence of Sonny Burton, a 75-year-old man set to die for a 1991 murder.

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey has commuted the death sentence of a 75-year-old inmate who was set to be executed this week even though he was not in the building when the victim was killed.

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey has commuted the death sentence of a 75-year-old inmate who was set to be executed this week even though he was not in the building when the victim was killed during a 1991 ...

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey commuted the death sentence of Charles L. "Sonny" Burton on Tuesday. The commutation comes two days before the scheduled execution.

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey has commuted the death sentence of an inmate two days before his execution, saying it would be "unjust" to take his life when he wasn't the triggerman in a robbery gone bad. The ...