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

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

Gov. Jared Polis has signaled that he will wait until the Colorado Court of Appeals has weighed in on the case of ...

The ministry added that if prosecution authorities submit a position before the president makes a decision, the department will update and supplement its opinion accordingly. The Justice Ministry’s ...

We urge you not to empower those who seek to undermine our elections and Republic by providing them with a figurehead to rally around,” dozens of state lawmakers wrote in a letter to ...

Kay Ivey announced she will be commuting Charles Lee "Sonny" Burton's death sentence to life in prison with no chance of parole. Since Ivey set the March 12 execution date on Feb. 5, the upcoming ...

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey has commuted the death sentence of a 75-year-old man who was set to be executed this week even though he was not in the building when the victim was killed during a 1991 ...

Alabama Governor Kay Ivey commuted the death sentence of Charles 'Sonny' Burton, a 75-year-old inmate involved in a 1991 robbery that led to a murder, citing fairness and proportionality in the ...

Alabama plans to carry out its first execution of the year March 12 amid weeks of protests from death penalty opponents, putting Charles Lee "Sonny" Burton to death by nitrogen gas hypoxia for a ...

Peter Ticktin, an attorney working to secure full pardons for a number of Jan. 6 defendants, told CBS News he met with Martin last week to discuss pardon requests for Rhodes and 1 ...

Federal public defender Dale Baich shares his experiences with death row inmates, discusses the flaws in the system, and advocates for life without parole.

Staffers at the Office of the Pardon Attorney knew it was going to be a rough four years on day one of the new administration, when President Trump, just hours after being sworn in, granted a blanket ...