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State executes death row inmate Benjamin Ritchie for fatal shooting of police officer
Death row inmate Benjamin Ritchie was executed by lethal injection shortly after midnight Tuesday at the Indiana State Prison ...
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 ...
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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 ...
Benjamin Ritchie executed for the 2000 killing of a police officer in Indiana's second execution in 15 years
Indiana officials have executed a man convicted in the 2000 killing of a police officer. MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. (AP) — An ...
Benjamin Ritchie executed at prison in Michigan City
The state of Indiana executed convicted murderer Benjamin Ritchie early Tuesday morning. According to a statement from the ...
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 ...
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 ...
Indiana death row inmate asks US Supreme Court to halt execution
Benjamin Ritchie was "sentenced to death based on inaccurate information," his legal team wrote in a May 7 petition for writ ...
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State executes death row inmate Benjamin Ritchie for fatal shooting of police officer
Death row inmate Benjamin Ritchie was executed by lethal injection shortly after midnight Tuesday at the Indiana State Prison in Michigan City, according to Department of Correction officials. The ...