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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 ...
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 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 ...
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Indiana death row inmate asks US Supreme Court to halt execution
An Indiana death row inmate set to be executed in less than two weeks is asking for the nation's highest court to intervene. Lawyers for Benjamin Ritchie wrote that their client was "sentenced ...
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Man executed for 2000 killing of police officer in Indiana's second execution in 15 years
Benjamin Ritchie had been on death row for more than 20 years after being convicted for the shooting death of a police officer. MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. -- An Indiana man convicted in the fatal ...
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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 since 2002, when he was convicted of killing Beech Grove Police Officer Bill Toney during a chase on foot. Ritchie was executed at the ...
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Death row inmate who shot dead cop set for lethal injection 'before the hour of sunrise'
A man is set to receive a lethal injection over 20 years after his crime in a so-called 'sunrise execution' – just the second over many years to take place in the area ...
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 ...