A 75-year-old faces execution this week for a 1991 murder. But he didn’t pull the trigger

A 75-year-old faces execution this week for a 1991 murder. But he didn’t pull the trigger

By Elise Hammond, CNN (CNN) — Charles Burton may just have days left to live. And though he has spent the last three decades on death row, the topics of conversation on a recent phone call are light: he reminisces about growing up in Alabama, chats about how he enjoys writing letters and offers the wisdom he thinks the next generation needs to hear. Burton, known as “Sonny” to his family and friends, is scheduled to be executed on Thursday. The …