From prison on his scheduled execution day, Charles “Sonny" Burton said he feels he “dodged death" after receiving clemency.

On Friday, Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond's office said it has asked that the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board ...

Alabama Governor Kay Ivey commuted the death sentence of Charles "Sonny" Burton, a 75-year-old man who was on death row for ...

Charles Lee “Sonny” Burton did not pull the trigger that killed Doug Battle in 1991. He didn’t tell anyone to fire the shot, ...

The governor of Alabama has granted clemency to a man on death row for three decades, a rare move that spares the accomplice in a 1991 murder from execution on Thursday.

Charles “Sonny” Burton is scheduled to be executed March 12 for his role in a 1991 robbery in which a man was fatally shot.

In April, the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board will be considering whether to grant a death row inmate clemency.Raymond Johnson was sentenced to death for the 2 ...

Every Democrat in the Colorado state Legislature signed on to a Wednesday letter urging Gov. Jared Polis (D) to not give Tina ...

Travis Comeslast testified to the legislature from prison in 2024 supporting a bill that would resentence adult offenders who got extra time based on juvenile crime.

In 2021, Gov. Jared Polis did not wait for the court to reconsider a sentence before awarding clemency.