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.
Gov. Ivey has only commuted one other death sentence.
Alabama is set to execute Charles “Sonny” Burton despite the fact that he never killed anyone. Ahead of his execution on ...
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey commuted the death sentence of Charles "Sonny" Burton, sparing the 75-year-old inmate from a scheduled execution on March 12.
Burton was set to be executed on Thursday for his role in the 1991 death of a man during a ...
A social media post by Gov. Kay Ivey reflecting on her childhood and accomplishments sparked hundreds of requests for the governor to use her authority to stop the execution of a man who was convicted ...
The Oscar-nominated documentary exposes the conditions inside Alabama's prison system.