Activists call on governor to spare Sonny Burton from execution
More than 60,000 signatures were delivered, urging clemency for the inmate who sits on death row because of a crime he did not commit.
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See recent postsCommuting the sentence of Charles Burton is not a hard call to make
There is no one—aside from a few morbid freaks—who wants to see Charles Burton put to death at the hands of the state.
Muslim rights group joins calls for clemency for Alabama inmate
Civil rights advocates urged Gov. Kay Ivey to spare a 75-year-old prison mentor facing execution for a murder he did not personally commit.
February 12, 2026