Travis Hittson put to death for killing, dismembering shipmate; second US execution this week
Texas administered a lethal injection to Gustavo Garcia for a shotgun slaying 25 years ago during a robbery
Charles Sebesta presented flawed testimony against Anthony Graves, who spent 18 years in prison, 12 of them on death row
There were 149 known exonerations in 2015, where the exonerated defendants served on average more than 14 years
SCOTUS denied appeals filed by Brandon Astor Jones' lawyers seeking to halt execution
Ashraf Fayadh, who Amnesty International called a 'prisoner of conscience', was sentenced to eight years in prison
Convicted murderer Brandon Astor Jones is to be executed on Tuesday, but his lawyers want the sentence thrown out
Even as some countries liberalize their drug laws, others like Indonesia are brutally cracking down
The 533rd person executed in Texas since 1976, James Freeman was found guilty of fatally shooting a game warden
Amnesty International finds scores arrested before they turned 18 are at risk of death penalty despite recent reforms
