‘Violent’ moment during Indiana execution draws scrutiny; DOC officials deny ‘botched’ process. Media were not permitted to attend Tuesday’s execution. indianacapitalchronicle.com/2025/05/22/v... @indianacapitalchronicle.com @rcfp.org @pogo.org #BenjaminRitchie #deathpenalty
20/05/25: #BenjaminRitchie was executed by way of lethal injection for the 2000 killing of a police officer.
He is the state's first execution this year. His last words were, "I love my family, my friends, and all the support I’ve gotten. I hope they all find peace."
#Indiana
Benjamin Ritchie ( See my Bluesky)
Benjamin Ritchie executed by Indiana State on May 20, 2025….
#deathpenalty #benjaminritchie -
For Governor Mike Braun and for those who participated in this killing:
“Father, forgive them, because they do not know what they are doing.”
Amen
#AbolishTheDeathPenalty
#BenjaminRitchie
I pray for those who will be involved in this execution. Forgive them, Father, because they do not know what they are doing.
Finally, I pray for the day that this deeply flawed practice will be abolished once and for all.
#AbolishTheDeathPenalty
#BenjaminRitchie
#AbolishTheDeathPenalty #CruelAndUnusualPunishment
#NotInMyName
#BenjaminRitchie
#MatthewJohnson
#OscarSmith
#Indiana
EXECUTION ALERT -
Governor Braun has denied Clemency for #BenjaminRitchie (See
My Bluesky)
The execution will take place after midnight, before sunrise.
Protest the Execution.
Contact Governor Braun.
317-232-4567
Talking points: actionnetwork.org/petitions/be...
ExecutioN: TOMORROW
Indiana execution 5/20/25. Jury never heard about profound brain damage & functional impairments due to Partial Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (pFAS) & exposure to multiple neurotoxins. Sign/share petition to #StopExecutions of #BenjaminRitchie bit.ly/BenjaminRitchie
My error here. May 20 is tomorrow. The execution is scheduled between midnight tonight and sunrise tomorrow. We can expect a ruling from SCOTUS today. @INAbolition #BenjaminRitchie #Indiana #deathpenalty
Together, we are building a movement that can’t be ignored. 💪
This past Friday, we delivered your pet!tion signatures to Gov. Braun’s office demanding clemency for #BenjaminRitchie, a man the jury sentenced to d!e without ever hearing the truth about his disability.
An Indiana federal district court today denied Mr. Ritchie a stay of execution to litigate this issue but granted a certificate of appealability, finding that the "the issues presented were adequate to deserve encouragement to proceed further." #BenjaminRitchie #deathpenalty
There will be no grant of clemency from Indiana Gov. Mike Braun. indianacapitalchronicle.com/2025/05/14/i... @indianacapitalchronicle.com @deathpenaltyaction.bsky.social #BenjaminRitchie #deathpenalty
Briefing in the case is now complete. Given the midnight to pre-dawn schedule for the execution, we can anticipate a ruling from SCOTUS at some point over the weekend. (No decision appears on the SCOTUS website as of 10:00 p.m. Eastern on Saturday.) #BenjaminRitchie #Indiana #deathpenalty
Later in the day, the Indiana Public Defenders filed this reply on behalf of Mr. Ritchie in response to the prosecution’s opposition brief. www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24... #BenjaminRitchie #SCOTUS #deathpenalty
Yesterday (Friday), the Indiana Attorney General’s office filed this brief in opposition to Mr. Ritchie’s cert petition and application for stay of execution. www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24... #SCOTUS #BenjaminRitchie #deathpenalty
#Indiana
EXECUTION ALERT -
Governor Mike Braun has denied Clemency for #BenjaminRitchie (See my Bluesky)
Protest the Execution of Benjamin Ritchie.
Contact Governor Braun.
317-232-4567
www.in.gov/gov/ask-mike/
Talking points : actionnetwork.org/petitions/be...
Execution : May 20, 2025
#Indiana
Benjamin Ritchie ( See my Bluesky)
Gov. Braun allows execution of Benjamin Ritchie to proceed.
Indiana Governor Mike Braun has DENIED clemency for Benjamin Ritchie.
Execution : May 20, 2025
#deathpenalty #benjaminritchie-
Indiana execution 5/20/25. Jury never heard about profound brain damage & functional impairments due to Partial Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (pFAS) & exposure to multiple neurotoxins. Sign/share petition to #StopExecutions of #BenjaminRitchie bit.ly/BenjaminRitchie
#Indiana
EXECUTION ALERT -
Stop Execution of #BenjaminRitchie (See my Bluesky)
Contact Governor Braun.
317-232-4567
www.in.gov/gov/ask-mike/
Petition ( Sign/Share) AND Talking points : actionnetwork.org/petitions/be...
Execution : May 20, 2025
Please sign and share.
“It is clear that there are overwhelming ethical, financial, and religious reasons to abolish the death penalty.”
President Jimmy Carter
#AbolishTheDeathPenalty
#BenjaminRitchie
True justice demands accountability—but also mercy. With Ritchie's ex*cution scheduled for May 20, we call on Governor Braun to grant clemency and commute his sentence to l!fe in prison.🙏
✊Mercy for #BenjaminRitchie → actionnetwork.org/petitions/be... #StopExecutions #Mercy
DPA joined disability rights leaders at yesterday's Indiana Parole Board hearing for #BenjaminRitchie - urging the board to consider Ritchie's profound brain damage and Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, which left him with the cognitive capacity of a child at the time of the crime.
#Indiana
Stop Execution of #BenjaminRitchie ( See my Bluesky)
Contact Governor Braun.
317-232-4567
www.in.gov/gov/ask-mike/
Petition ( Sign/Share) AND Talking points : actionnetwork.org/petitions/be...
Execution : May 20, 2025
And here is the application for stay of execution Mr. Ritchie's lawyers filed in the U.S. Supreme Court. supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24... #BenjaminRitchie #Indiana #SCOTUS #deathpenalty
#Indiana
Stop Execution of #BenjaminRitchie ( See my Bluesky)
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( More soon)
Execution : May 20, 2025
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Benjamin Ritchie ( See my Bluesky)
Clemency hearings scheduled for Indiana death row prisoner #BenjaminRitchie.
indianacapitalchronicle.com/2025/04/28/c...
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Execution : May 20, 2025
#Indiana
Stop Execution of #BenjaminRitchie (See my Bluesky)
Read/Sign/Share the petition.
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Execution : May 20, 2025
#Indiana
Stop Execution of #BenjaminRitchie ( See my Bluesky)
Read/Sign/Share the petition.
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Execution : May 20, 2025
🚨BREAKING: #Indiana just issued a de@th warrant for #BenjaminRitchie — only the 2nd since resuming executions after 15-year pause.
C@pital punishment does NOT make LE officers safer!
📢 Tell Gov. Holcomb: DO NOT KILL IN OUR NAME! ✊
📝 Take action now: bit.ly/BenjaminRitchie
#StopExecutions
#Indiana
Stop Execution of #BenjaminRitchie ( See my Bluesky)
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Execution : May 20, 2025
