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.

Benjamin Donnie Ritchie was executed in the early morning hours Tuesday by the state of Indiana. The state barred representatives of the media from witnessing the gruesome proceedings. His attorneys had argued that he should not be executed due to his “severe brain damage.”

  • some_guy
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    2 days ago

    The execution proceeded after Governor Mike Braun, a Republican, denied Ritchie’s clemency request following the unanimous recommendation of the Indiana Parole Board and the US Supreme Court who denied without comment the condemned man’s request for a stay of execution.

    Republicans are experts at not listening to what experts and their constituents want.

    • TargaryenTKE@lemmy.world
      62·
      2 days ago

      It’s honestly a vast majority of every part of powerful people in society; Democrats, CEOs, and even most journalists nowadays. Republicans have just let the mask slip sooner than the rest