On Tuesday, Ivey announced that Charles L. Burton, 75, would instead serve life in prison without the possibility of parole. He was set to be executed on Thursday for the death of Doug Battle during a ...

ATMORE, Ala. (WBRC) - Just days before his scheduled execution, Alabama death row inmate Charles “Sonny” Burton will now spend the rest of his life in prison after Governor Kay Ivey made the rare move ...

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey on Mar. 10 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 was killed during a ...

TALLADEGA, Ala. (WBRC) - Governor Kay Ivey commuted the death sentence of Charles “Sonny” Burton on Tuesday, March 10. DeBruce was originally sentenced to death but later resentenced to life ...

Alabama’s governor has commuted the death sentence of Charles “Sonny” Burton, a 75-year-old African American man who has spent three decades on death row for a killing he did not commit. Burton was ...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) - A local defense attorney and others throughout the state weigh in on the big decision to spare a death row inmate’s life. Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey has commuted the death ...

People gather outside the Alabama Governor's Mansion in Montgomery, Ala., on Feb. 16, 2026, to urge Gov. Kay Ivey to grant clemency to Sonny Burton, who is scheduled to be executed on March 12, 2026. ...