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

Charles "Sonny" Burton, an Alabama death row inmate, is set for execution next month, sparking criticism over the fairness of his sentence compared to the actual shooter in the 1991 crime.

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. ATMORE, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama inmate ...

Alabama plans to execute Charles Lee “Sonny” Burton with nitrogen gas in March for a murder committed during a robbery of an AutoZone in 1991, the state's governor has announced.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama has scheduled a March execution date for a man sentenced to death for a fatal shooting during ...

An Alabama inmate was executed by lethal injection on Thursday evening, the state's attorney general confirmed, marking the state's third execution this year. Keith Edmund Gavin, 64, was convicted on ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala.(AP) — Family members and supporters of an Alabama inmate scheduled to be executed this month pleaded Wednesday for the state to spare his life as he maintained he did not commit the ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala.(AP) — An Alabama death row inmate set to die this week asked the state’s governor to meet with him “before an innocent man is executed.” Anthony Boyd, 53, is scheduled to be executed ...