Death Penalty Execution: Two U.S. Prisoners Executed in One Day

In the US state of Texas, a convicted murderer was executed by poison injection on Tuesday. A few hours earlier, Indiana had also executed a death sentence. On Thursday, the next execution is due.

Two men were executed on Tuesday, May 20, 2025, in the United States, in a country where nearly half of the 50 states apply the death penalty, and a third will be executed on Thursday. The state of Indiana (northern) has thus carried out its second execution since 2009, in Michigan City. Benjamin Ritchie, 45 years old, is [...] The article United States: Two men executed coldly appeared first on L-FRII.

One of the executions was carried out in northern Indiana, in Michigan. It was the second execution in the state since 2009. Benjamin Ritchie, 45, was executed for the shooting of police officer Bill Toney. Ritchie shot the officer during a chase after a stolen car from a gas station. Hours later, Matthew Johnson, 49, was executed by lethal injection in Texas. He admitted in court that he killed 76-year-old store clerk Nancy Harris in 2012. John…

Two men sentenced to death were executed in the United States on Tuesday, prison authorities announced.