Gov. Kay Ivey has commuted the death sentence of Charles Lee “Sonny” Burton to life in prison with no chance of parole. Burton, 75, was set to be executed on Thursday by nitrogen hypoxia for the 1991 ...

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey spared the life of a 75-year-old death row inmate who was set to be executed this week for a killing he did not commit ...

Governor Kay Ivey announced Tuesday that she has commuted the death sentence of Charles L. Burton to life in prison with no chance of parole. Mr. Burton was convicted and sentenced to death for the ...

An Alabama inmate scheduled for execution in a few days has been officially taken off death row. Gov. Kay Ivey announced Tuesday she commuted the death sentence of Charles L. Burton to life in prison ...

Alabama’s Alice Marie Johnson, 64, whose life sentence was commuted by President Donald Trump in 2018, praised Gov. Kay Ivey on Tuesday for her decision to commute the death sentence of Charles Lee ...

This is an opinion column. Alabama politics is a lot like love or war. You can scream about fairness, or lack of it, but those who have lived long enough will just shrug it off as the way things are.

Burton was set to be executed on Thursday for his role in the 1991 death of a man during a ...

For just the second time, Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey has used her powers to order the commutation of a prisoner’s death sentence.

Charles “Sonny” Burton had been scheduled to die March 12 by nitrogen hypoxia for his role in a 1991 Talladega armed robbery, before Gov. Kay Ivey intervened March 10.

Governor Kay Ivey touted Alabama’s recent education progress during remarks Friday in Birmingham, pointing to improved ...