July 1, 2020
Charles L. Burton Jr. doesn’t want to be alone when he dies.
The death row inmate hopes a federal court will make sure that does not happen.
Burton, who was sentenced in 1992 for participation in a murder during a robbery, filed suit last year after the state of Alabama denied a Muslim inmate from having an imam serve as a spiritual adviser at his execution, citing state policy that only allowed Christian clergy to serve as chaplains in the death chamber.