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 to death in seven states during the ...

Human justice is never perfect. That’s why the death penalty is so dangerous. Indiana reminds us that it’s still with us.

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 ...

Texas executed a 49-year-old death row inmate for the gruesome murder of a grandmother during a robbery in 2012, making him ...

Ritchie, 45, was the second person put to death in Indiana since 2009, following a 15-year hiatus due to the state’s ...

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

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.

Benjamin Ritchie became the second person executed in Indiana in 15 years on Tuesday as, more than two decades after killing ...

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

A small group, most wearing light jackets in the chilly May evening, gathered in prayer outside the Indiana State Prison in ...