In a surprising and rare move, Alabama Governor Kay Ivey commuted the death sentence of a man who was scheduled to die by nitrogen gas on Thursday.  75 year old Charles “Sonny” Burton was convicted of the 1991 murder of Doug Battle because he was a part of a robbery where one of his cohorts shot and killed Battle.  While the man who pulled the trigger got life in prison, Burton wound up on death row.  See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

In a surprising and rare move, Alabama Governor Kay Ivey commuted the death sentence of a man who was scheduled to die by nitrogen gas on Thursday. 75 year old Charles “Sonny” Burton was convicted of the 1991 murder of Doug Battle because he was a part of a robbery where one of his cohorts shot and killed Battle. While the man who pulled the trigger got life in prison, Burton wound up on death row. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In a surprising and rare move, Alabama Governor Kay Ivey commuted the death sentence of a man who was scheduled to die by nitrogen gas on Thursday.&nbsp; 75 year old Charles “Sonny” Burton was convicted of the 1991 murder of Doug Battle because he was a part of a robbery where one of his cohorts shot and killed Battle.&nbsp; While the man who pulled the trigger got life in prison, Burton wound up on death row.&nbsp;&nbsp;See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener" rel="noopener noreferrer">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

“Thank You Governor” Death Row Inmate Who Never Killed Anyone, Spared Execution

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Are you obsessed with solving crimes? Are you a sleuth for the truth with a self-awarded PHD in unsolved mysteries? Do you believe you should be giving an FYI to the FBI? Do the detectives label it a cold case while you’re just getting warmed up? Then you need to join Leah Lamarr on the ‘Real-Time Crime’ podcast...Where each episode we’ll discuss all the details of a high profile case and uncover the 4-1-1...of the 9-1-1.’ Real-Time Crime podcast, an iHeartRadio Podcast. You can’t solve the crime if you don’t listen to Real-Time.

Are you obsessed with solving crimes? Are you a sleuth for the truth with a self-awarded PHD in unsolved mysteries? Do you believe you should be giving an FYI to the FBI? Do the detectives label it a cold case while you’re just getting warmed up? Then you need to join Leah Lamarr on the ‘Real-Time Crime’ podcast...Where each episode we’ll discuss all the details of a high profile case and uncover the 4-1-1...of the 9-1-1.’ Real-Time Crime podcast, an iHeartRadio Podcast. You can’t solve the crime if you don’t listen to Real-Time.

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