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. Kay Ivey has commuted the death sentence of Charles Lee “Sonny” Burton to life in prison with no chance 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. By Eduardo Medina ...

The governor of Alabama has granted clemency to a man on death row for three decades, a rare move that spares the accomplice in a 1991 murder from execution on Thursday.

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

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

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 ...