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Death row inmate has sad realisation moments before being executed for heinous crime
Indiana killer Benjamin Ritchie, 45, was executed earlier this week following the 2000 murder of a local police officer ...
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 since 2002, when he was convicted of killing Beech Grove Police Officer ...
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, ...
Witness to Benjamin Ritchie death row execution gives chilling account of inmate's final moments
Benjamin Ritchie became the second person executed in Indiana in 15 years on Tuesday as, more than two decades after killing ...
Indiana man executed for killing of police officer; state’s second since 2009
A death row inmate who was convicted in the killing of an Indiana police officer in 2000 was executed on Tuesday morning.
'Society has kept its promise' | 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 ...
Federal judge rejects media bid to view Ritchie execution
A federal judge wasn’t swayed by arguments from media groups seeking to witness the execution of a convicted killer. Benjamin ...
Indiana executes Benjamin Ritchie, inmate with “severe brain damage,” and denies media access
Ritchie, 45, was the second person put to death in Indiana since 2009, following a 15-year hiatus due to the state’s ...