The governor of Alabama has granted clemency to a man on death row for three decades, a rare move that spares the accomplice ...

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 ...

Governor Kay Ivey is commuting the sentence of Alabama death row inmate Charles “Sonny” Burton. He had spent the last thirty years awaiting execution for the 1991 killing of Doug Battle at a Talladega ...

Alabama Republican Gov. Kay Ivey has commuted the death sentence of Sonny Burton, who was set to be executed this week for a murder in which he didn't pull the trigger.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. MONTGOMERY, Ala, (AP) — One of Alabama’s longest-serving death row inmates could soon receive a new trial after the U.S. Supreme ...

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey reduced Charles “Sonny” Burton’s sentence to life in prison without possibility of parole.