Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey commuted the death sentence of Robin Meyers, a first for her time in office and the first commutation ...

Robin Myers was convicted of committing murder during a 1991 robbery. Gov. Kay Ivey said evidence in his case was not enough ...

(AP) — Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey commuted the death ... The Republican governor said she is a staunch supporter of the death penalty but “I have enough questions about Mr. Myers’ guilt that ...

The ACLU called Myers’ case “a window into so much that’s wrong with the death penalty in this country.” The last time an Alabama governor commuted a death sentence was in 1999.

Alabama law no longer allows a judge to do that. Ivey said in her statement that the case did not change her mind about the use of the death penalty in the state. "Thus far as governor ...