An Indiana lawmaker is moving forward with legislation that would authorize execution by firing squad under limited circumstances, expanding the methods available for carrying out capital punishment in the state.
Read MoreThe Indiana Supreme Court denied death row inmate Roy Lee Ward’s latest appeal on Wednesday and officially set his execution for Friday, Oct. 10.
Read MoreGov. Mike Braun confirmed that Indiana spent more than $1 million in taxpayer funds to purchase four doses of execution drugs — some which were used, and several others that expired.
Read MoreIndiana Gov. Mike Braun suggested Monday, Feb. 3 he could reverse the previous administration’s unwillingness to disclose how much the state paid to acquire the drug used to execute convicted killer Joseph Corcoran.
Read MoreThe Indiana Capital Chronicle has filed a lawsuit against the Indiana Department of Correction, accusing the agency of violating the state’s Access to Public Records Act by withholding information about execution costs.
Read MoreA federal judge on Friday, Dec. 13, denied a request from Indiana death row inmate Joseph Corcoran’s legal team to step in and pause his upcoming execution.
Read MoreA majority of Indiana’s Supreme Court justices said lawyers for death row inmate Joseph Corcoran have not presented adequate evidence to challenge their client’s competency — and ruled that defense counsel can not seek late-term, post-conviction relief for Corcoran without his consent.
Read MoreIn new court documents, Joseph Corcoran’s legal team doubled down that the Indiana death row inmate’s “severe” mental illness has prevented him from properly requesting post-conviction relief.
Read MoreAbout two weeks away from scheduled execution, Indiana death row inmate Joseph Corcoran’s last-ditch attempts to quash his capital punishment sentence are still up in the air.
Read MoreAttorney General Todd Rokita is asking the Indiana Supreme Court to set an execution date for the convicted murderer who fatally shot Beech Grove Police Officer William Toney on Sept. 29, 2000.
Read MoreAfter death row inmate Joseph Corcoran challenged the state’s motion for an execution date to be set, counsel at the attorney general’s office are attempting to poke holes in Corcoran’s legal arguments and pressing for the Indiana Supreme Court to grant the execution request.
Read MoreGov. Eric Holcomb doubled down Thursday on the state’s move to seek an execution date for Fort Wayne’s Joseph Corcoran, who was convicted of murdering four people in 1997.
Read MoreAfter 15 years with no executions of the eight men on Indiana’s death row, Indiana’s top elected officials filed with the Indiana Supreme Court on Wednesday to schedule an execution date for Fort Wayne’s Joseph Corcoran. He was convicted of murdering four people in 1997.
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