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Alabama Governor Halts Death Penalty for Man Not the Shooter

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Source: The Guardian
Alabama Governor Halts Death Penalty for Man Not the Shooter
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Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey commuted 75-year-old Charles 'Sonny' Burton's death sentence to life without parole after determining the actual killer, not Burton, was responsible for the victim's death; Burton was set to be executed by nitrogen gas, and this marks Ivey's second death-penalty clemency since taking office in 2017.

Topics:top-newspolitics#alabama#clemency#death-penalty#kay-ivey#politics#sonny-burton
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  1. Alabama governor commutes death sentence of man set to be executed  The Guardian
  2. Alabama governor commutes death sentence of man who didn't kill anyone  NBC News
  3. Gov. Kay Ivey Commutes Death Sentence of Charles ‘Sonny’ Burton  The New York Times
  4. Alabama death row inmate who didn't kill anyone is spared execution  BBC
  5. Alabama governor grants clemency to death row inmate Charles ‘Sonny’ Burton, sparing him from execution this week  CNN

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