Alabama Man Faces Execution for Robbery, Not Murder
Charles 'Sonny' Burton, 75, seeks clemency in Alabama as he faces execution by nitrogen gas for a 1991 robbery where another man killed the victim. Jurors and the victim's daughter urge mercy.
Charles 'Sonny' Burton, 75, seeks clemency in Alabama as he faces execution by nitrogen gas for a 1991 robbery where another man killed the victim. Jurors and the victim's daughter urge mercy.
Three incarcerated activists featured in the Oscar-nominated documentary 'The Alabama Solution' have been transferred to solitary confinement, sparking fears of retaliation for their prison strike advocacy.