Matthew Lee Johnson was executed on May 20 for the murder of Nancy Judith Harris in May 2012 in the Dallas suburb of Garland.

Our politicians want tough-guy credit for killing killers, while detaching themselves from the reality of their decisions.

If the state of Indiana moves forward with the execution of convicted murderer Benjamin Ritchie on May 20 as planned, the ...

Matthew Johnson was executed by lethal injection Tuesday at the Texas State Penitentiary, while Benjamin Ritchie was put to ...

Nearly 25 years after a police officer was shot and killed during a chase, the state of Indiana carried out the execution of the man convicted of the crime early Tuesday at Indiana State Prison.

Indiana officials have executed a man convicted in the 2000 killing of a police officer. MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. (AP) — An ...

Benjamin Ritchie, a man convicted of killing Beech Grove police officer William Toney in September 2000, is slated to be ...

The state of Indiana executed convicted murderer Benjamin Ritchie early Tuesday morning. According to a statement from the ...

A death row inmate who was convicted in the killing of an Indiana police officer in 2000 was executed on Tuesday morning.

Death row inmate Benjamin Ritchie was executed by lethal injection shortly after midnight Tuesday at the Indiana State Prison ...

Ritchie was sentenced to death in 2002 for the murder of Beech Grove officer William Toney. A slew of last-minute appeals were unsuccessful.