Lawyers for Benjamin Ritchie contend that the death row inmate has long suffered from fetal alcohol exposure, which they say should disqualify him from capital punishment. (Photo provided by Benjamin ...

An Indiana man convicted in the 2000 killing of a police officer was put to death by lethal injection early Tuesday in the state's second execution since 2009. Indiana resumed executions in December ...

Indiana’s second execution in 15 years is a grim reminder of the dual tragedy at the heart of capital punishment — the horrific violence inflicted by killers, and the irrevocable power the state ...

Lawyers for Indiana death row inmate Benjamin Ritchie are seeking a last-minute execution pause from the U.S. Supreme Court to allow evidence of the inmate’s “serious brain damage” to be weighed for ...