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

Gov. Kay Ivey earlier this month commuted the death sentence of Charles “Sonny” Burton, which would have been the first ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — 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 ...

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey on Mar. 10 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 ...

MONTGOMERY — Gov. Kay Ivey has commuted the death sentence of Charles L. Burton to life in prison without the possibility of parole — a decision criticized by Steve Marshall.

People gather outside the Alabama Governor's Mansion in Montgomery, Ala., on Feb. 16, 2026, to urge Gov. Kay Ivey to grant clemency to Sonny Burton, who is scheduled to be executed on March 12, 2026. ...

Alabama’s governor has commuted the death sentence of Charles “Sonny” Burton, a 75-year-old African American man who has spent three decades on death row for a killing he did not commit. Burton was ...

In an act transcending politics, tens of thousands successfully banded together to make the case against executing Charles ‘Sonny’ Burton ...