Mar 17, 2026 | Alabama, Clemency, Death Penalty, Derrick DeBruce, Doug Battle, Eddie Mae Ellison, Holman Correctional Facility, Kay Ivey, Kilby Correctional Facility, Lee Hedgepeth, LuJuan McCants, Matt Schulz, Nancy Palombi, Nitrogen Gas, Poverty, Racism, Sonia Sotomayor, Sonny Burton, The Alabama Solution, Tori Battle |
By Liliana Segura Last week we published an article on the planned execution of Sonny Burton, an horrifying commonplace in Alabama and America. But then, Burton’s death sentence was commuted, as wonderfully celebrated in this article by Liliana Segura in The...
Mar 9, 2026 | Capital Punishment, Death Penalty, Derrick DeBruce, Doug Battle, Equal Justice Initiative, Kay Ivey, Racism, Rodney Kennedy, Sonny Burton, Tori Battle |
by William Trollinger Charles “Sonny” Burton. Image via Telemundo Dallas. Maybe, just maybe, by the time you read this, Alabama’s governor Kay Ivey will have done the right thing. Maybe. Let’s start with one basic and very important fact: ...
