Gov. Kay Ivey Commutes Death Sentence of Charles ‘Sonny’ Burton NYT Par : Eduardo Medina 10 mars 2026 à 17:40 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. © Matt Schulz, via Associated PressDeath penalty opponents had flooded the governor’s office in recent days with pleas to spare Charles Burton.