# Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey commutes death sentence of Robin Dion Myers, a first in her tenure

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey  Friday, sparing inmate Robin Dion "Rocky" Myers.

The Alabama Supreme Court had cleared the way for Myers to be executed, but he will now serve a sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole. This marks the first commutation of a death sentence in the state .

Myers, 63, was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death for the 1991 capital murder of Ludie Mae Tucker in Decatur. Myers was to be executed by nitrogen gas hypoxia, though no date had been set.

The Republican governor said in a statement that the commutation was "one of the most difficult decisions I’ve had to make as governor," but it "pales in comparison to the pain and suffering Ludie Mae Tucker and Marie Dutton endured on the night of October 4, 1991."

## Attorney General 'astonished' by death penalty commutation

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall issued a statement saying he was "astonished" by Ivey's decision and "bewildered" by what he called a lack of communication from the governor's office.

"For the last 30 years, my office has zealously defended this case on appeal; and for 30 years, no court has reached the conclusion that the governor reached after a cursory review," Marshall said in the statement. "My capital litigation and victims’ services teams will go home tonight deeply saddened, not for themselves, but for the family of Ludie Mae Tucker. We will never stop fighting for justice."

Ivey communicated her decision to the Tucker family, a requirement of Alabama law, before notifying the attorney general, her office told the , part of the USA TODAY Network.

## Governor says she is respecting jury's original decision, stands behind death penalty

Mae Puckett, a juror during Myers' original trial, was  after the Alabama Supreme Court authorized the execution.

"I know he is innocent. They never proved he did it. They never proved he was in the house," Puckett told The Associated Press.

Kacey Keeton, a lawyer for Myers, told the wire service at the time of the authorization that the case "rife with examples of failure."

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