Charles “Sonny” Burton, 75, participated in a 1991 robbery that led to a death but had left the building when an accomplice killed the victim inside.

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 murder of Doug Battle during a robbery at AutoZone in Talledega.

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 execution this week.

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

The U.S. Supreme Court has paved the way for one of Alabama's longest-serving death row inmates to receive a new trial. On Monday, the court declined to review the state's appeal of a lower court ruling over the summer,

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey on Tuesday commuted the death sentence of Charles "Sonny" Burton, a man who has been on death row for more than 30 years.

A federal judge ordered a new trial for Alabama Death Row inmate Christopher Barbour. But Alabama AG Steve Marshall’s office appealed to try and execute Barbour anyway.