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 ...

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

Alabama plans to execute Charles Lee “Sonny” Burton with nitrogen gas in March for a murder committed during a robbery of an AutoZone in 1991, the state's governor has announced. Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey ...

This 2025 photo provided by Matt Schulz shows Charles "Sonny" Burton, who is facing execution in Alabama for a 1991 murder during a robbery, in which he was not the triggerman, at the Holman ...