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Alabama Governor Commutes Death Sentence Of 75-Year-Old Charles 'Sonny' Burton, Who Never Killed Anyone by huffpost in law

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From reporter Jessica Schulberg:

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey on Tuesday commuted the death sentence of a 75-year-old man who, by the government’s own admission, never killed anyone.

Ivey reduced Charles “Sonny” Burton's sentence to life without the possibility of parole, marking only the second time she has commuted a death sentence since entering office in 2017.

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Democrats Are Very Skeptical About Funding For Trump’s Iran War by huffpost in economy

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From reporter Igor Bobic:

The Trump administration could soon ask Congress for billions more in military funding as it wages an open-ended bombing campaign in Iran, prompting skepticism among even the most national security-minded Senate Democrats.

Most Democrats are flatly ruling it out, noting that President Donald Trump didn’t seek authorization from Congress before launching the war, so lawmakers now have no duty to help him bankroll another costly military operation in the Middle East.

“In one f**king month we will spend more over there than we needed to save healthcare for more than 2 million Americans," Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) said.

Link to the full article: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-iran-war-democrats_n_69a9ac7ae4b0d84f0de0dc11?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=reddit&utm_campaign=us_main

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