Alabama is set to execute an inmate this week who wasn't even in the building when the murder he was convicted of took place. Charles Lee “Sonny” Burton, 75, is set to be executed by a controversial ...

A death row inmate who raped and murdered a five-year-old girl is begging authorities to execute him as fast as possible.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WHNT) — 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 ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey on Tuesday 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 ...

The governor of Alabama has commuted a death sentence, which doesn't happen very often. The case involves someone convicted for murder who did not pull the trigger. NPR's Debbie Elliott reports.