March 10 (UPI) -- Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey on Tuesday commuted the death sentence of a man who has been on death row for more than 30 years.
Charles "Sonny" Burton was convicted for participating in a robbery that resulted in the killing of 34-year-old Doug Battle in 1991. However, Burton was not the triggerman and Ivey said he had left the scene of the robbery before the killing occurred.
Burton will serve a life sentence without the possibility of parole.
Alabama law allows for participants in a felony to be convicted of murder if the felony results in death, whether their actions directly caused the death or not.
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