On March 12, the state of Alabama is scheduled to execute Charles "Sonny" Burton.
In 1991, Burton masterminded the robbery of an AutoZone during which one of his accomplices killed a man, according to a copy of his petition for a writ of certiorari obtained by PEOPLE.
Burton, now 75, was convicted of capital murder in 1992 and sentenced to death.
Derek DeBruce, the accomplice who shot a man dead, was also sentenced to death, but in 2015 the state resentenced him to life in prison.
Now, Burton and his supporters are hoping that Governor Kay Ivey will commute his sentence to life without parole.
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