US EditionMan executed for the 2000 killing of a police officer in Indiana’s second execution in 15 years
- Benjamin Ritchie is scheduled for execution by lethal injection early Tuesday at Indiana State Prison for killing Beech Grove officer Bill Toney in 2000.
- Ritchie's conviction followed a foot chase after a stolen van crashed, during which he shot Toney, and he was sentenced to death in 2002.
- Ritchie's attorneys argue his legal counsel was ineffective, failing to present evidence of his severe brain damage linked to fetal alcohol spectrum disorder and childhood lead exposure.
- Governor Mike Braun rejected clemency last week, following a unanimous parole board recommendation, while some justices and advocates note the jury was not given full information on Ritchie's mental condition.
- Ritchie's execution marks Indiana's second in 15 years and raises ongoing debates about the death penalty's application given his mental impairments and decades on death row.
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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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