The Indiana Parole Board rejected a clemency plea from Benjamin Ritchie, recommending that Gov. Mike Braun allow the death ...

The Indiana Parole Board did not recommend clemency for death row inmate Benjamin Ritchie, convicted of the 2000 killing of ...

In a letter dated Tuesday, parole board Chairwoman Gwendolyn Horth said ... violent or threatening behavior toward officers and other inmates. Advocates for Ritchie argued that his FASD diagnosis ...

Mike Braun allow the death row inmate’s May 20 execution to proceed as scheduled ... 29, 2000, had petitioned the board to commute his death sentence to life without parole. In a letter dated Tuesday, ...

In some states, governors must sign off on an inmate's release. But under Kansas law, it had appeared unlikely that critics could override the parole board's decision. A state board's reversal of ...

The Kansas Prisoner Review Board responded to a backlash of criticism by rescinding a decision to authorize parole for a ...

The authority to grant clemency to an Indiana death row inmate rests with ... from execution. In a letter to the governor, Gwendolyn Horth, the chair of the parole board said they considered ...