75-Year-Old Gets a Break

Charles ‘Sonny’ Burton, a 75-year-old man, just got his death sentence commuted by Alabama’s governor. It’s a move that’s raising eyebrows, but for good reason – Burton didn’t actually kill anyone.

The Story Behind the Sentence

Burton was involved in a 1991 robbery that ended in a death. However, he’d left the building before things took a turn for the worse. An accomplice was the one who killed the victim, not Burton. It’s ridiculous that he was facing the death penalty in the first place.

It’s about time someone with some sense stepped in and righted this wrong. Burton’s commuted sentence is a reminder that the justice system isn’t always just, but sometimes it gets it right – even if it takes decades.