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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- The Indiana Supreme Court on Friday set a new execution date for Darnell Williams, saying DNA tests in his case were inconclusive and did not undermine "other ...
Darnell Williams became the first death row inmate to win a favorable recommendation for clemency from the Indiana Parole Board since the state's death penalty was reinstated in 1977.
A former Indiana death row inmate convicted of killing three people in Warrick County in 1996 has reportedly died while serving his prison sentence. John Matthew Stephenson, 61, died on May 27 ...
Since December, the state of Indiana has carried out two executions of death row inmates, the first since 2009 when the last Hoosier inmate was put to death. According to ...
The IDOC said it had to purchase another dose, presumably for Ritchie’s execution, which means Indiana spent a total $1.2 million on drugs for two executions. Indiana still has six death row ...
Following two state executions of death row inmates in less than six months, Gov. Mike Braun said June 3 that Indiana does not have any more of the drug used and he does not "intend to put another ...
Braun said the state does not have any more execution drugs on hand and he doesn’t plan to authorize buying any unless another execution is imminent. Five men are currently on Indiana’s death row.
The death row population dropped to 29 after inmate Wendell Grissom was executed in March and inmate Richard Glossip won on appeal at the U.S. Supreme Court in February. More in U.S.
Stephen Stanko, a South Carolina death row inmate, chose lethal injection after a firing squad execution was criticized as "botched" and raised concerns about execution methods.
People on death row who are not covered by the agreement have since become eligible for execution. One of them, Willie James Pye, was put to death in March 2024.