An Alabama inmate scheduled for execution in a few days has been officially taken off death row. Gov. Kay Ivey announced Tuesday she commuted the death sentence of Charles L. Burton to life in prison without the chance of parole.

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey spared the life of a 75-year-old death row inmate who was set to be executed this week for a killing he did not commit

This is an opinion column. Alabama politics is a lot like love or war. You can scream about fairness, or lack of it, but those who have lived long enough will just shrug it off as the way things are.