Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey set a March execution date for a man sentenced to death for a fatal shooting during a 1991 robbery ...

Charles "Sonny" Burton was convicted as an accomplice in the shooting death of Doug Battle, a customer who was killed during ...

Charles “Sonny” Burton, 75, is set to be executed sometime between 12:00 a.m. on Thursday, March 12, 2026, and 6:00 a.m. on ...

Burton was sentenced to death in 1992, though it was another man, Derrick DeBruce, who shot and killed Battle during the ...

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey is urging lawmakers to pass two bills that would enhance penalties for police chases.

Burton also is in poor health with rheumatoid arthritis. He primarily uses a wheelchair and has to wear a helmet due to ...

The Child Predator Death Penalty Act is now heading to Gov. Ivey’s desk for her signature. The Child Predator Death Penalty Act would make sexual torture, rape, and sodomy in the first degree ...

The Alabama Senate gave final approval to a bill Thursday that would allow prosecutors to seek the death penalty for those ...

Alabama’s House Bill 41 (HB41) passed through both the House and Senate, and now it sits on Gov. Kay Ivey’s desk to be signed ...

Governor Kay Ivey advocates for legislation to toughen penalties for eluding police, elevating offenses to felonies.