Dec 18, 2024 · Indiana put 49-year-old Joseph Corcoran to death by lethal injection early Wednesday morning, carrying out its first execution in 15 years. The process started just after midnight CST,...

Jul 8, 2020 · One man shot four people he overheard talking about him. Another stabbed two co-workers after he was fired. Two killed multiple children. One shot and killed a police officer. A total of eight men...

A total of 21 people convicted of murder have been executed by the state of Indiana in the United States since the reinstatement of the death penalty in 1977. Before 1995, electrocution was the sole method of execution.

Sep 13, 2021 · Here are the 46 men on federal death row whose trip to the execution chamber were paused. IndyStar included prisoners whose death sentences have been reversed, but are not final. State of...

Sep 30, 2024 · Amid a surge of executions being carried out across the country, Indiana’s first death row inmate in more than a decade is scheduled to meet the same fate before the end of the year, barring a final act of clemency at the discretion of Gov. Eric Holcomb.

Feb 24, 2023 · INDIANAPOLIS — Eight men sit on death row at the Indiana State Prison in Michigan City. But Indiana has not executed anyone since Dec. 11, 2009. No executions are scheduled, despite four men having exhausted all appeals.

Jun 28, 2024 · The Indiana attorney general has first asked the Indiana Supreme Court for an execution date for Joseph Corcoran. He killed four men in Fort Wayne in 1997. Gov. Eric Holcomb announced Wednesday that the Indiana Department of Correction has acquired the drug pentobarbital to carry out executions.

PENDING DEATH PENALTY CASES At Trial According to the Indiana Supreme Court Administrator, who monitors the progress of death penalty cases pursuant to Rule 24 of the Indiana Rules of Criminal Procedure, 5 death penalty cases are pending and awaiting trial as of January 1, 2022: Defendant County DP Filed Cause # Trial / Next Action

The death sentences of the eight men on Indiana's death row were set aside. On October 1, 1977, a new Indiana capital punishment statute, modeled on statutes upheld by U.S. Supreme Court, took effect.

According to Indiana codes, the exe­cu­tion of a death row inmate must take place before sun­rise on the execution day. On July 1 , 2002 , Indiana shift­ed away from sen­tenc­ing in death penal­ty cas­es with a judge towards sen­tenc­ing with a jury.