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Charles “Sonny” Burton has spent more than 30 years on Alabama’s death row for a killing the State agrees he neither committed nor ordered. While he wasn’t even in the building when the shooting occurred, both Sonny and the shooter Derrick DeBruce were sentenced to death. On appeal, the State agreed to reduce DeBruce’s sentence to life without parole. While acknowledging that Sonny’s sentence is “arguably unjust,” the State inexplicably upheld Sonny’s death sentence. Let that sink in: the man who fired the gun lived out his life in prison. The man who did not remains condemned to die. Injustice this plain is rare. That’s exactly why it must be made right.

Today, Sonny’s health is rapidly deteriorating, and he remains confined to a wheelchair, living each day uncertain when his execution date might be set. Your voice can help save his life. Take urgent action now: support Sonny’s clemency campaign and demand justice.