Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey (R) on Tuesday commuted the death sentence of a 75-year-old man who, by the government’s own admission, never killed anyone. Charles “Sonny” Burton, an accomplice in a 1991 ...

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 ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Charles “Sonny” Burton didn’t kill anyone. The state of Alabama could execute him anyway. Burton, 75, is facing execution for his role as an accomplice in a 1991 robbery at an ...

In theory, the death penalty is reserved for “the worst of the worst.” In practice, it is very different. People who are ...