Dear Governor Ivey,
As Alabama’s chief executive, you have many duties that keep you very busy, so this request to grant clemency to the death row inmate named Charles (Sonny) Burton may escape your notice.
Mr. Burton is only one of the 5,193,088 Alabamians you were elected to serve, so it’s understandable you might not see the numerous pleas for clemency for him. You have already spent almost a decade of your life in service to this state as governor, and you have achieved much you can be proud of…