Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey has commuted the death sentence of Charles "Sonny" Burton, who was not in the building when the victim ...

Kay Ivey this week was one execution away from setting a record among Alabama governors in the modern era of the death penalty. But instead she chose to spare a man’s life, setting an entirely ...

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.

Gov. Kay Ivey commuted the sentence of Sonny Burton, whose execution had been set for March 12 ...

Governor Kay Ivey signed a bill Wednesday that requires commercial truck drivers to have valid U.S. work authorization and pass an English proficiency test in order to ...

Governor Kay Ivey touted Alabama’s recent education progress during remarks Friday in Birmingham, pointing to improved ...

It is only the second commutation for Gov. Kay Ivey, a Republican. The inmate, Charles Burton, was scheduled to die even ...