Man 2000 for the murder of a 2000 Police. In 15 years in the second execution of Indiana star-news.press/wp

Michigan City, Ind. – 2000. In the Fatal Police Shooting A man convicted of a man in Indiana entered Tuesday by mortal injection in the second state of the state.

Benjamin Ritchie, 45 years old, was in a row of Indiana since 2002, when the Pagadia was convicted of killing the forest officers, walking on foot.

The Ritchie Indiana State State Crison was held in the city of Michigan, depending on the Department of Indiana correction officials. Idoc said the process started after midnight and the Dead Ritchie at 12:46

The last lunch of Ritchie was from the olive garden and expressed love, support and peace to his friends and relatives according to the statement.

According to the State Law, five witnesses were authorized in its execution, Steve Schutte lawyer, journalist told him that he had a limited view of the process.

“I couldn’t see my face. He was lying at that time,” Schutt said. “Sit down, twisted, pulled back.”

After the process of the US Supreme Court did not take place, all the legal opportunities in Ritchier were exhausted to fight the sentence of Ritchier.

Dozens of people, death anti-death penalty and Toney’s supporters were left out of prison until early Tuesday.

Indiana started again Executions In December, years, after a year of hiatus, mortal injection drugs have been drugs. Prison officials provided photos of the execution chamber before Joseph Corcoran’s executionGurnette shows a space that shows a room with a room with fluorescent lighting and adjacent viewing room. Since they have offered other few details.

27 Those with laws of death among the states, Indiana is one of two The bar has media witnesses. The others, wyoming, has made an execution in the last century.

Related press and other media organizations He presented the federal issue He is looking for access to the media in Indiana, but a federal judge refused the preliminary order before the previous week, journalists have witnessed Ritchie’s execution and future. The judge found the first correction of the news media that they do not violate the first amendment, and does not treat the news media different.

Indiana is execution Between 12 scheduled in eight states This year. Ritchie’s execution and two other Texas and Tennessee will be made this week.

Fatal shooting of the 2000 police

Ritchie was 20 years old and others stole a van in Beech, next to Indianapolis. Then he shot in Toney while he ate walking, dying.

At the time Ritchie was 1998 thieves convictions.

Toney, 31, worked in the Pagadic Police Department for two years. Two married father was the first official of the small fireplace to kill the gun line.

Relatives talked last week to listen to clemency last week, for the execution.

“It’s time. We’re all tired,” Dee Dee said that he was Toney’s wife. “This chapter of my story is our story, it’s time to be closed. It’s time to remember Bill, remember the life of the bill, and not his death.”

Attractive death penalty

Ritchie’s lawyers fought the death penalty, his legal advice was not effective in trial.

Current defense lawyers say that Ritchie suffered “severe brain damage” because his mother suffered abuse during pregnancy and fought to make decisions. In 2005 he was also diagnosed with bipolar disorder.

Disability rights argued that Ritchier’s brain damage had to be discarded from the death penalty.

“This is a nonsense, meaningless socks,” Schutte said that he added that Ritchie didn’t have the same person who didn’t have that offense. “

Lawyer Todd Rokita said Tribute to the “Community sacrifice” of executions.

Gov. The Republican Mike Braun discarded the offer of Ritchie’s clemency without explanation last week.

The Indiana Supreme Court refused to stop the execution. Ritchier’s lawyers decided this decision in federal judges, who rejected by a judge. 7th of the lower court appeal on Sunday. Circuit.

When the sun launched, the Saints Richard, a Catholic priest, recited the rosary about 20 people in the prison car park.

“We don’t take a life to take another justice to take another,” he said.

Dozens also appeared to pay homage to Toney’s memory.

“I accept the death penalty in some cases and is one of them,” said Mark Hamner, an Indianapolis Officer.

Expressing regret and waiting for execution

The lawyer said Ritchie changed behind the bar behind her two decades.

In the court, Ritchie smiled up there and laughed as the judgment was read.

On the condition, he said that his action repented deeply, especially how he played with Toney’s widow.

“I wish I could return to the court, saying everything he had to say, and the punk had told him that the kids had just closed his mouth and said he had to say,” Ritchie said.

Ritchie, who was also father, visited his last days from friends and relatives.

“I ruined my life and the lives of other people, and I’m so sorry that night,” said Conditional Conditions this month before. “You can’t do what you did.”