An Alabama man convicted of murder despite having fled the scene of the crime before the trigger was pulled will no longer be put to death. Gov. Kay Ivey announced on Tuesday that she would spare the ...

The governor of Alabama has granted clemency to a man on death row for three decades, a rare move that spares the accomplice ...

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 triggerman.

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey has commuted the death sentence of a 75-year-old inmate who was set to be executed this week even ...

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.

The governor's second death penalty commutation in just over a year reveals a heart rarely shown in our state.

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey on Tuesday granted clemency to a man on death row who was scheduled to be executed Thursday even though he did ...

Alabama Republican Governor Kay Ivey reduced Charles “Sonny” Burton’s sentence to life in prison without possibility of parole.

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.

Learn more about Gov. Kay Ivey's decision to commute the sentence of Charles "Sonny" Burton, sparing him from execution.

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey has commuted the death sentence of Charles "Sonny" Burton, who was not in the building when the victim was killed.