Ritchie, 45, was the second person put to death in Indiana since 2009, following a 15-year hiatus due to the state’s inability to obtain the drugs to carry out lethal injections.

I NDIANAPOLIS (INDIANA CAPITAL CHRONICLE) — Clemency hearings for Indiana death row inmate Benjamin Ritchie will take place in the coming weeks as the condemned man's legal team fights to delay ...

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 ...

On Sept. 29, 2000, Benjamin Ritchie and two other men stole a van in Beech Grove, Indiana. A few hours later, police attempted to pull it over and a chase ensued. Officer Bill Toney responded to a ...

MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. – The state of Indiana executed convicted murderer Benjamin Ritchie early Tuesday morning. According to a statement from the Indiana State Prison, the execution process ...

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Disability rights advocates said Indiana death row inmate Benjamin Ritchie’s “profound brain damage” should spare him from execution. Ritchie’s legal team appealed to the Indiana Parole ...

Officers gather in a window at Indiana State Prison as staff prepares to execute inmate Benjamin Ritchie on Monday, May 19, 2025. (Kyle Telechan/for the Post-Tribune) ...

Clemency hearings for Indiana death row inmate Benjamin Ritchie will take place in the coming weeks as the condemned man’s legal team fights to delay – or stop altogether – ...

What happened to Officer Bill Toney? On Sept. 29, 2000, Benjamin Ritchie and two other men stole a van in Beech Grove, Indiana. A few hours later, police attempted to pull it over and a chase ensued.