US EditionMan executed for the 2000 killing of a police officer in Indiana’s second execution in 15 years
- Benjamin Ritchie, who was convicted for the fatal gunfire that killed Beech Grove Officer Bill Toney in 2000, was executed by lethal injection early Tuesday at Indiana State Prison in Michigan City.
- The shooting occurred after officers, including Toney, pursued a stolen van to a residential area where Ritchie fled and fatally shot Toney during a foot chase just before Toney’s 32nd birthday.
- Ritchie spent over two decades on death row and his lawyers argued his trial counsel was ineffective for failing to present evidence of his fetal alcohol spectrum disorder and severe brain damage.
- Governor Mike Braun declined to grant clemency to Ritchie last week, aligning with the parole board’s unanimous recommendation despite defense arguments regarding Ritchie’s mental disability. Meanwhile, a request to halt the execution was turned down by Indiana’s highest court, with some justices highlighting that the jury had not been fully informed about Ritchie’s brain impairment.
- Ritchie’s execution marks Indiana’s second in 15 years amid ongoing debates about justice and mental health considerations, with victim’s family seeking closure and advocates citing concerns over disability and fairness in capital punishment.
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Indiana man put to death for the 2000 killing of a police officer is the state’s second execution in 15 years
An Indiana man convicted in the fatal shooting of a police officer in 2000 was executed Tuesday by lethal injection in the state’s second execution in 15 years.
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