# @aldotcom on YouTube

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://youtube.com/watch?v=PkdASZwt5Gs
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/63957124-aldotcom-youtube
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- **Posted:** 2026-03-25T20:30:03.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** AL.com (@aldotcom) — https://gondola.cc/aldotcom

## Caption

Kay Ivey was one execution away from setting a record among Alabama governors in the modern era of the death penalty. But instead she chose to spare a man’s life, setting an entirely different record in the state.

There are only three known instances of a governor granting clemency to someone on death row in Alabama. Ivey, a Republican, is now responsible for two of them, as she commuted the death sentence of Charles Lee “Sonny” Burton.

Nationwide, clemency is “extreme­ly rare,” according to the Death Penalty Information Center, with less than 1% of people on death row having their sentences commuted. Meanwhile, the use of the death penalty in states where it’s legal has “risen sharply” - 2025 had more executions than any year since 2009.

#alabama #deathpenalty #politics

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- **Likes:** 77
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- **Comments:** 12

## Tags

politics, deathpenalty, alabama

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