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Man executed for the 2000 killing of a police officer in Indiana's second execution in 15 years
Benjamin Ritchie, 45, had been on Indiana’s death row for over two decades after he was convicted in the 2000 fatal shooting ...
Benjamin Ritchie's last meal, final words before execution in Beech Grove officer's murder
Ritchie was sentenced to death in 2002 for the murder of Beech Grove officer William Toney. A slew of last-minute appeals ...
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He Killed an Officer Who Was Just Filling In — Now He Faces Execution and Says It's Wrong Because of How He Was Born
The Indiana Parole Board denied Ritchie’s clemency plea on May 14 to have his sentence commuted to life without parole, ...
Indiana man is put to death for officer's murder in state's second execution in 15 years
An Indiana man convicted in the 2000 fatal shooting of a police officer is set to receive a lethal injection this week in the ...
Indiana set to execute Benjamin Ritchie on May 20. Here's what to know
Indiana will execute Benjamin Ritchie early May 20, 2025 more than two decades after his murder conviction in the killing of ...
Man who murdered Beech Grove police officer executed Tuesday at Indiana State Prison
Benjamin Ritchie is scheduled to die by lethal injection nearly 25 years after he shot and killed Ofc. Bill Toney.
Young officer, a father of 2, was chasing car theft suspect. Then he was shot 4 times
The Beech Grove Police Department had never seen an officer killed by gunfire before the year 2000, when a chase turned ...
Cop killer will become 2nd convict executed in Indiana since 2009
An Indiana man convicted in the 2000 killing of a police officer is set to receive a lethal injection early Tuesday in the ...
Indiana executes man convicted of fatal cop shooting in 2000
The State of Indiana executed a 45-year-old man on Tuesday for the 2000 murder of a police officer, making him the 17th ...
'Society has kept its promise' | Beech Grove police issue statement before man who killed Ofc. Bill Toney is executed
Ofc. Bill Toney was shot and killed on Sept. 29, 2000, while chasing down suspects who had run from a stolen van. Benjamin ...
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Last meal, final words before execution of Benjamin Ritchie in Beech Grove officer murder
He was sentenced to death more than two decades ago for the murder of William Toney, a Beech Grove police officer. The execution began just after 12:01 a.m. at the Indiana State Prison in Michigan ...