One week before Benjamin Ritchie’s scheduled execution, family and friends of slain Beech Grove law enforcement officer ...

Whether death row inmate Benjamin Ritchie will be executed on May 20 is now up to the state parole board and Gov. Mike Braun.

The Associated Press and four other media organizations have filed a federal lawsuit in Indiana seeking media access to the ...

Neither the governor nor any current members of the state’s parole board have deliberated a death penalty clemency case ...

The coalition, represented by RCFP attorneys, is urging a federal court to rule that the law is unconstitutional and to block ...

The Indiana State Parole Board will hold a clemency hearing on Monday for a man convicted of killing a Beech Grove police ...

By: Casey Smith Indiana Capital Chronicle For The Republic INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana death row inmate Benjamin Ritchie expressed ...

The Indiana Capital Chronicle and four other news entities filed a lawsuit Monday evening challenging the state’s prohibition ...

according to the Death Penalty Information Center. The lawsuit asks for the court to permit a media representative to attend executions. In December 2024, Indiana carried out its first execution ...

Among 27 states with death penalty laws, Indiana is one of two that bar media witnesses. The other, Wyoming, has conducted just one execution in the last half-century. The AP aims to attend every ...