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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.

© Matt Schulz, via Associated Press

Death penalty opponents had flooded the governor’s office in recent days with pleas to spare Charles Burton.
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