WASHINGTONPOST (Daniel Wu) - Alabama governor commutes death sentence of man who didn’t kill anyone
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.
NYTIMES (Eduardo Medina) - Gov. Kay Ivey Commutes Death Sentence of Charles ‘Sonny’ Burton
The move by Gov. Kay Ivey, a Republican, is extremely rare. The inmate, Charles Burton, was scheduled to die even though the gunman’s sentence had been commuted years ago.