Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Archbishop Charles C. Thompson of the Catholic Archdiocese of Indianapolis gives an opening prayer at an anti-death penalty rally ...

Ritchie's attorneys have argued the inmate suffered from brain damage due to Fetal Alcohol Syndrome An Indiana inmate who was convicted of killing a police officer two decades ago is set to be ...

MICHIGAN CITY — Death row inmate Benjamin Ritchie was executed by lethal injection shortly after midnight Tuesday at the Indiana State Prison in Michigan City, according to Department of Correction ...

A convict on death row in Indiana was put to death by lethal injection in the early hours of Tuesday morning in only the state’s second execution in 15 years. Benjamin Ritchie, 45, has been awaiting ...

Lawyers for Benjamin Ritchie contend that the death row inmate has long suffered from fetal alcohol exposure, which they say should disqualify him from capital punishment. (Photo provided by Benjamin ...

Death Penalty Action, a nonprofit that advocates against executions, encouraged protestors to ring the “Delaware Bell” as a sign of their opposition to the death penalty while gathered outside the ...

Benjamin Ritchie, 45, is scheduled to die by lethal injection on Tuesday, May 20 Benjamin Ritchie, 45, is scheduled to die by lethal injection at the Indiana State Prison on Tuesday, May 20 Ritchie ...

In the early morning hours of May 20, Indiana executed Benjamin Ritchie via lethal injection. He was sentenced to death more than two decades ago for the murder of William Toney, a Beech Grove police ...

INDIANAPOLIS — Gov. Mike Braun rejected a clemency plea from Benjamin Ritchie Wednesday, one day after the Indiana Parole Board recommended that the death row inmate’s May 20 execution proceed as ...

Death row inmate Benjamin Ritchie was executed by lethal injection shortly after midnight Tuesday at the Indiana State Prison in Michigan City, according to Department of Correction officials. The ...