Over 60,000 signatures have been collected on a petition urging Alabama Governor Kay Ivey to grant clemency to death row prisoner Sonny Burton, who did not personally commit the killing that led to his conviction, and a demonstration is planned to deliver the petition to the governor’s office on Monday.
Alabama Governor Kay Ivey is being urged to grant clemency to 75-year-old death row inmate Charles “Sonny” Burton, who did not kill anyone, before his scheduled March 12 execution, as the victim’s daughter and a majority of the still-living jurors have spoken out against the execution.
Charles “Sonny” Burton, a 75-year-old Black man, is scheduled to be executed on March 12, 2026 for his role in a 1991 robbery in Alabama that turned fatal, despite the fact that he did not fire the fatal shot, and advocates are petitioning Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey to grant clemency in his case.
A former juror and the daughter of the victim are urging Alabama Governor Kay Ivey to halt the impending execution of Charles “Sonny” Burton, who was convicted of felony murder but did not fire the fatal shot.
Alabama death penalty advocates are urging Governor Kay Ivey to halt the execution of 75-year-old Charles “Sonny” Burton, a wheelchair-bound non-shooter, arguing that his case presents even more compelling circumstances than Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt’s recent clemency decision for Tremane Wood.
By The Vanguard Staff MONTGOMERY, AL – The founder of the Equal Justice Initiative and author of…