Alabama governor stops 'unjust' execution of inmate set to die this week
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The Republican governor commuted the death sentence of 75-year-old Charles Lee “Sonny” Burton. Burton had been set for execution on Thursday, March 12.
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey has commuted the death sentence of an inmate two days before his execution, saying it would be "unjust" to take his life when he wasn't even the triggerman in a robbery gone bad.
The Republican governor commuted the death sentence of 75-year-old Charles Lee “Sonny” Burton to life in prison without the possibility of parole on Tuesday, March 10.
Burton had been set for execution on Thursday, March 12, for the death of Doug Battle, a customer killed during a robbery of an AutoZone in Talladega, Alabama, on Aug. 16, 1991.
Burton and five other men robbed the store and its customers that day. But only one of the robbers, a man named Derrick DeBruce, decided to shoot Battle. Burton had already left the building and had no idea Battle had been shot.
While Burton got the death penalty, DeBruce ultimately was sentenced to life in prison.
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