Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey has commuted the death sentence of Charles "Sonny" Burton, who was not in the building when the victim ...

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

Two prisoners who are among the 37 federal inmates whose death sentences were commuted last month by President Joe Biden — a move that spares them from the death chamber — have taken an unusual stance ...

It's now up to Washington Governor Bob Ferguson if a convicted Spokane murderer goes free after serving two-thirds of his ...

From left: Lt. Gov. Austin Davis (Commonwealth Media Services); Gail Stallworth (courtesy of Cornelius Harp); then-Attorney General Josh Shapiro at a Board of Pardons meeting (via YouTube). Gail ...

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 ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey has commuted the execution of a man on death row. On Tuesday, Ivey announced ...

Gov. Kay Ivey, R-Ala., announced March 10 she commuted the death sentence of Charles L. “Sonny” Burton to life in prison, a move lauded by Catholic death penalty opponents.

A man convicted of transporting large quantities of methamphetamine from California to Guam in the early and mid-1990s “has ...

President Donald Trump commuted Larry Hoover’s multiple life sentences to time served on Wednesday. Actions speak loudly. What does that commutation say? I will try to answer that question as a former ...

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