The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled that the state’s requirement of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole for all second-degree murder convictions is unconstitutional, potentially affecting the legal futures of over 1,000 people and requiring lawmakers to confront the limits of punishment in the state’s criminal legal system.
Alabama Governor Kay Ivey commuted the death sentence of Charles “Sonny” Burton, a 75-year-old man who was on death row for his role in a 1991 robbery that resulted in the fatal shooting of a customer, to life imprisonment without parole due to concerns about the felony murder doctrine and the uneven application of capital punishment.
Over 60,000 signatures have been collected on a petition urging Alabama Governor Kay Ivey to grant clemency to death row prisoner Sonny Burton, who did not personally commit the killing that led to his conviction, and a demonstration is planned to deliver the petition to the governor’s office on Monday.
A former juror and the daughter of the victim are urging Alabama Governor Kay Ivey to halt the impending execution of Charles “Sonny” Burton, who was convicted of felony murder but did not fire the fatal shot.
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