Indiana Sets Tentative Execution Date for Convicted Spencer County Rapist, Murderer

Court sets 'tentative' execution date for Ward

INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Supreme Court on Monday tentatively scheduled an Oct. 10 execution date for death row inmate Roy Lee Ward but acknowledged they “lack the parties’ insight into … the next steps in the judicial and executive branch…

Indiana Supreme Court sets tentative execution date for death row inmate Roy Lee Ward

The Indiana Supreme Court on Monday tentatively scheduled an Oct. 10 execution date for death row inmate Roy Lee Ward, but acknowledged they “lack the parties’ insight into … the next steps in the judicial and executive branch process that…

Indiana Supreme Court Sets Tentative Execution Date for Roy Lee Ward

WISH-TV SPENCER COUNTY, Ind.–The Indiana Supreme Court has set an execution date for Roy Lee Ward. Ward was sentenced to death for the 2001 rape and murder of 15-year-old Stacy Payne in Spencer County. He’s one of six men still on death row, after Indiana ended its 15-year hiatus on capital punishment with the execution of Joseph Corcoran in Dec. 2024 and Benjamin Ritchie in May 2025. Ward was sentenced to death in 2007, and the State moved to s…

Execution date planned for convicted Spencer County rapist, murderer

Indiana sets tentative execution date for convicted Spencer County rapist, murderer

SPENCER COUNTY, Ind. -- A tentative execution date has been set for a Spencer County man convicted of raping and killing a 15-year-old girl in 2001. According to a five-page order obtained by FOX59/CBS4 on Monday, the Indiana Supreme Court has set a tentative date for Roy Lee Ward's execution on Oct. 10. A July 30 deadline has been set for Ward and his attorneys to respond to the state's Verified Motion to Set Execution Date. The state will have…

Indiana Supreme Court sets tentative execution date for death row inmate Roy Lee Ward • Indiana Capital Chronicle

Indiana's Supreme Court set a tentative Oct. 10 execution date for death row inmate Roy Lee Ward. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Newsmakers)The Indiana Supreme Court on Monday tentatively scheduled an Oct. 10 execution date for death row inmate Roy Lee Ward, but acknowledged they “lack the parties’ insight into … the next steps in the judicial and executive branch process that are specific to Ward if an execution date is set.” In a five-page order, the hi…