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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, ...
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 ...
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Indiana set to execute man who killed officer; family ‘needs closure,’ but lawyers say it’s unjust
By: Casey Smith Indiana Capital Chronicle For The Republic INDIANAPOLIS — Beech Grove police officer William “Bill” Toney ...
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Man 'violently twitched' before Indiana execution for killing police officer
Benjamin Ritchie, 45, had been on Indiana's death row since 2002, when he was convicted of killing Beech Grove Police Officer ...
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 ...
'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 ...
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.