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Former Texas prosecutor disbarred for sending innocent man to death row

Charles Sebesta presented flawed testimony against Anthony Graves, who spent 18 years in prison, 12 of them on death row

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Georgia death row on my mind

I got Brandon Jones off death row 20 years ago. On Tuesday, the state of Georgia ended his life.

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US exonerations hit record high as more troubled cases probed

There were 149 known exonerations in 2015, where the exonerated defendants served on average more than 14 years

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Lawyers: Georgia inmate's death sentence is excessive

Convicted murderer Brandon Astor Jones is to be executed on Tuesday, but his lawyers want the sentence thrown out

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Texas carries out second execution of the year

The 533rd person executed in Texas since 1976, James Freeman was found guilty of fatally shooting a game warden

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Alabama carries out first execution since 2013

Alabama killed Christopher Brooks using midazolam, a controversial sedative used in several botched executions

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Georgia executes convicted murderer

Brian Terrell claimed that he was innocent of 1992 murder; US Supreme Court denied a stay of execution

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Saudi Arabia reopens case of Sri Lankan woman on death row

A Saudi court will hear appeal of case of woman sentenced to be stoned to death for adultery

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Georgia to execute convicted murderer

Brian Terrell, 47, says that he is innocent of the 1992 murder, and no physical evidence ties him to the crime

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Oklahoma prisons director resigns amid investigation

Robert Patton leaves top post following probe into two botched lethal injections

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