While the man who killed Doug Battle got a life sentence, one of his accomplices is about to be executed even though he wasn't in the building.

Alabama ‘Nearly Executed’ a Man Who Has Never Killed Anyone ...

A man convicted of raping and murdering a little girl is asking the state to carry out his death sentence.

Alabama state officials are seeking to schedule two executions this year, a few weeks after Gov. Kay Ivey commuted an ...

Attorneys for Alabama Death Row inmate Charles Lee “Sonny” Burton are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review his case.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Gov. Kay Ivey Thursday set the execution for Charles Lee Burton for March 12. He was convicted in 1992 of the capital murder of ...

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.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Charles “Sonny” Burton didn’t kill anyone. The state of Alabama could execute him anyway. Burton, 75, is facing execution for his role as an accomplice in a 1991 robbery at an auto ...