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Alabama Governor Kay Ivey commuted the death sentence of Charles "Sonny" Burton, a 75-year-old man who was on death row for his role in a 1991 robbery that resulted in the fatal shooting of a customer, to life imprisonment without parole due to concerns about the felony murder doctrine and the uneven application of capital punishment.
Classified employees of DJUSD have lost their democratic right to union representation due to the CSEA board being removed by an administratorship, which was instituted two days before an election that would have likely resulted in a new board being elected.
Activists and tenants in England are organizing a nationwide, pro-rent control demonstration on April 18 to call on politicians to put people first and address the housing crisis caused by sky-high rents and the profit-driven agenda of the real estate industry.