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Man executed for the 2000 killing of a police officer in Indiana's second execution in 15 years
Benjamin Ritchie, 45, had been on Indiana’s death row for over two decades after he was convicted in the 2000 fatal shooting ...
He Killed an Officer Who Was Just Filling In — Now He Faces Execution and Says It's Wrong Because of How He Was Born
The Indiana Parole Board denied Ritchie’s clemency plea on May 14 to have his sentence commuted to life without parole, ...
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Indiana set to execute man who killed officer; family ‘needs closure,’ but lawyers say it’s unjust
Beech Grove police officer William “Bill” Toney wasn’t supposed to be on the clock that Friday night in September 2000.
Cop killer will become 2nd convict executed in Indiana since 2009
An Indiana man convicted in the 2000 killing of a police officer is set to receive a lethal injection early Tuesday in the ...
A look at the status of US executions in 2025
Eighteen men have died by court-ordered execution so far this year in the U.S., and 10 other people are scheduled to be put ...
Beech Grove police issue statement before man who killed Ofc. Bill Toney is executed
Ofc. Bill Toney was shot and killed on Sept. 29, 2000, while chasing down suspects who had run from a stolen van. Benjamin ...