Robin Dion "Rocky" Myers, 63, was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death for the 1991 capital murder of Ludie Mae Tucker in Decatur. Myers was set to be executed by nitrogen gas hypoxia.

Just days after Alabama Supreme Court Justices authorized his execution, a Decatur capital murder convict had his death sentence commuted by Governor Kay Ivey. Robin D. “Rocky” Myers was sentenced to death for the 1991 capital murder of Ludie Mae Tucker in Decatur.

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey, a staunch supporter of capital punishment, has commuted the sentence of a death row inmate to life in prison — the first time she’s ever done so. Robin “Rocky” Myers, 63, an intellectually disabled man, was convicted of murder in the 1991 stabbing of his neighbor Ludie Mae Tucker, 69.

Governor Ivey, who has overseen 22 executions during her tenure, stated, "I have enough questions about Mr. Myers' guilt that I cannot move forward with executing him."

The man convicted and sentenced to death for the 1991 capital murder of a north Alabama woman will not be executed, Gov. Kay Ivey’s office announced Friday afternoon.

Governor Kay Ivey announced Friday she commuted the death sentence of Robin D. "Rocky" Myers to life in prison without the possibility of parole.Myers was conv

Robin Myers was convicted of committing murder during a 1991 robbery. Gov. Kay Ivey said evidence in his case was not enough for her to support putting him to death.

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey has announced the commutation of Robin “Rocky” Myers from death row to life in prison without parole, marking the second time since the death penalty was reinstated in the state in 1976 that a sitting governor has commuted a death sentence.

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey has commuted the death sentence of Robin “Rocky” Myers to life in prison after noting questions about his case.