Whether death row inmate Benjamin Ritchie will be executed on May 20 is now up to the state parole board and Gov. Mike Braun.

The Associated Press and four other media organizations have filed a federal lawsuit in Indiana seeking media access to the ...

The coalition, represented by RCFP attorneys, is urging a federal court to rule that the law is unconstitutional and to block ...

The Indiana State Parole Board will hold a clemency hearing on Monday for a man convicted of killing a Beech Grove police ...

The Indiana Capital Chronicle and four other news entities filed a lawsuit Monday evening challenging the state’s prohibition ...

Neither the governor nor any current members of the state’s parole board have deliberated a death penalty clemency case before Ritchie’s. Three clemencies have been granted in Indiana since 1976.

according to the Death Penalty Information Center. The lawsuit asks for the court to permit a media representative to attend executions. In December 2024, Indiana carried out its first execution ...

Indiana death row inmate Benjamin Ritchie expressed remorse and shed tears as he pleaded this week for the state’s parole ...

Republican Texas Sen. John Cornyn introduced a bill Thursday to codify President Donald Trump’s executive order instituting ...

Multiple media companies are hoping to overturn the State of Indiana’s rules that prevent reporters from witnessing executions. The complaint, which was filed in the U.S.

Among 27 states with death penalty laws, Indiana is one of two that bar media witnesses. The other, Wyoming, has conducted just one execution in the last half-century. The AP aims to attend every ...