Ward seeks execution pause over lethal injection concerns; AG argues date should stand

Ward Seeks Execution Pause over Lethal Injection Concerns; Indiana AG Says Date Should Stand

WISH-TV (INDIANA CAPITAL CHRONICLE) — Attorneys for death row inmate Roy Lee Ward and the Indiana Attorney General’s Office are sparring before the state’s highest court over whether Ward’s tentative execution date should stand. Ward’s defense team, in a July 30 filing, urged the Indiana Supreme Court to “recall” the tentative Oct. 10 date based on “new evidence,” which includes sworn affidavits of witnesses to Benjamin Ritchie’s execution in Ma…

Ward seeks execution pause over lethal injection concerns; AG argues date should stand

Attorneys for death row inmate Roy Lee Ward and the Indiana Attorney General’s Office are sparring before the state’s highest court over whether Ward’s tentative execution date should stand.

Attorneys For Roy Lee Ward Trying To Pause His Execution

The attorneys for Roy Lee Ward are trying to get his October 10th execution paused. The defense team put in a filing with the Indiana Supreme Court to “recall” his tentative execution date based on new evidence. That evidence includes sworn affidavits of witnesses who watched Benjamin Ritchie’s execution in May along with postmortem toxicology reports from Ritchie and Joseph Corcoran. Ward raped and killed 15-year-old Stacy Payne at her home in …