MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — 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 ...

Charles "Sonny" Burton is seen in an undated photo provided by his attorneys A man who was set to be executed in Alabama over a killing that he did not carry out has been spared death after the ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WHNT) — 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 ...

Supporters of Charles "Sonny" Lee Burton protest for a commutation of his death sentence in Montgomery, Alabama in early March 2026. Gov. Kay Ivey granted the commutation, resentencing Burton to life ...

The governor of Alabama has commuted a death sentence, which doesn't happen very often. The case involves someone convicted for murder who did not pull the trigger. NPR's Debbie Elliott reports.