Charles Burton, who participated in a 1991 store robbery where a customer was killed by another thief, had his execution annulled in Alabama just two days before it was scheduled. He escaped death row after the ruling.

Charles Burton will be executed by nitrogen gas, a method the state began using in 2024

Governor Kay Ivey of Alabama has commuted Charles Burton's death sentence to life imprisonment due to public outcry.

Charles Burton, 75, is set to be executed in Alabama by nitrogen gas for a murder he did not commit, having left the store before the customer was killed during a robbery he participated in.