Alabama Governor Ivey has granted the life of 75-year-old Richard Burton, who has never killed anyone but himself, despite being subject to extreme violence before committing the crime that landed him on death row. Burton was sentenced to death for the murder of a man during a robbery but was the leader of the plot, leading to a harsher punishment than the man convicted of shooting the victim. Six of the eight living jurors supported Ivey's decision to grant clemency, while three specifically requested his death sentence be commuted. While Burton was in prison for a conviction unrelated to the robbery that led him to death row, his wife and her friend were fatally stabbed. Other recent examples of similar circumstances have seen similar clemencies given even from governors who regularly allow executions to proceed.