Benjamin Ritchie, 45, had been on Indiana’s death row for over two decades after he was convicted in the 2000 fatal shooting ...

Ritchie was sentenced to death in 2002 for the murder of Beech Grove officer William Toney. A slew of last-minute appeals ...

James Wayne “Jim” Jessee, 57, passed away unexpectantly on Sunday, May 18, 2025. He was a resident of Indianapolis, Indiana.

The Indiana Parole Board denied Ritchie’s clemency plea on May 14 to have his sentence commuted to life without parole, ...

An Indiana man convicted in the 2000 fatal shooting of a police officer is set to receive a lethal injection this week in the ...

Benjamin Ritchie is scheduled to die by lethal injection nearly 25 years after he shot and killed Ofc. Bill Toney.

The Beech Grove Police Department had never seen an officer killed by gunfire before the year 2000, when a chase turned ...

Indiana will execute Benjamin Ritchie early May 20, 2025 more than two decades after his murder conviction in the killing of ...

Ritchie’s execution was carried out early Tuesday morning in Michigan City. According to the Indiana Department of Correction ...

Ofc. Bill Toney was shot and killed on Sept. 29, 2000, while chasing down suspects who had run from a stolen van. Benjamin ...

The State of Indiana executed a 45-year-old man on Tuesday for the 2000 murder of a police officer, making him the 17th ...