Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey on Tuesday 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 ...

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 ...

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

Gov. Ivey has only commuted one other death sentence.

It is only the second commutation for Gov. Kay Ivey, a Republican. The inmate, Charles Burton, was scheduled to die even though the gunman’s sentence had been commuted years ago. By Eduardo Medina ...

Gov. Kay Ivey has commuted the death sentence of Alabama inmate Charles "Sonny" Burton, who was scheduled for execution this week. Burton was set to be executed Thursday using nitrogen hypoxia. He was ...

A documentary examining Alabama’s prison system was put back in the national spotlight this week during an appearance on “The ...