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  • As of April 1, 2008, there are 14 convicted murderers on Indiana's Death Row. (Includes Debra Denise Brown, held in Ohio serving an Ohio life sentence for Aggravated Murder)

    From 1977 through April 1, 2008 there have been 94 persons convicted of murder and sentenced to death in the State of Indiana. Ten (Moore, Averhart, Roark, Kennedy, Burris, Minnick, J. Lowery, J.K. Thompson, Kubsch, and Ward) have been sentenced to death twice, following reversal on appeal. As such, there have been a total of 104 death sentences handed down in Indiana since 1977.

    19 convicted murderers have been executed in Indiana since 1977: 3 by electrocution (Judy, Vandiver, Resnover) and 16 by lethal injection (T. Smith, R. Smith, Burris, Fleenor, Bivins, J. Lowery, Hough, Trueblood, Wallace, Benefiel, Johnson, Conner, Matheney, Bieghler, Woods, and Lambert). Michael Lockhart was executed by the State of Texas in 1997 while appealing his Indiana death sentence. Alton Coleman was executed by the State of Ohio in 2002 while appealing his Indiana death sentence. One convicted murderer, David Hollis, committed suicide in 1984 while on death row. One convicted murderer, Charles Roche, committed suicide in 2006 while awaiting a new sentencing retrial. One convicted murderer, Jerry K. Thompson, was killed in 2002 by other prisoners while on death row. Two convicted murderers died of natural causes while on death row: Richard Moore in 2006 and Norman Timberlake in 2007.

    Updates for actions on cases after April 1, 2008 can be found here.

    # Murderer Date of
    Birth
    Race/Sex Date of
    Murder
    Date of
    Sentence
    Judge County
    21.
    Mark Allen Wisehart
    11/21/62
    W/M
    10/09/82
    09/26/83
    Newman
    Madison
    45.
    Debra Denise Brown
    11/11/62
    B/F
    06/18/84
    06/23/86
    Maroc
    Lake
    56.
    Howard A. Allen
    02/10/49
    B/M
    07/14/87
    08/30/88
    Barney
    Marion
    78.
    Eric D. Holmes
    08/23/68
    B/M
    11/16/89
    03/26/93
    Emkes
    Marion
    82.
    Matthew E. Wrinkles
    01/03/60
    W/M
    07/21/94
    06/14/95
    Young
    Vanderburgh
    88.
    John Matthew Stephenson
    07/31/63
    W/M
    03/28/96
    06/17/97
    Campbell
    Warrick
    93.
    Michael D. Overstreet
    11/18/66
    W/M
    09/27/97
    07/31/00
    Emkes
    Johnson
    94.
    101.
    Wayne D. Kubsch
    10/31/67
    W/M
    09/18/98
    08/28/00
    04/18/05
    Frese
    Albright
    St. Joseph
    96.
    Paul Michael McManus
    07/14/72
    W/M
    02/26/01
    06/05/02
    Heldt
    Vanderburgh
    98.
    Benjamin D. Ritchie
    05/30/80
    W/M
    09/29/00
    10/15/02
    Gifford
    Marion
    99.
    103.
    Roy Lee Ward
    07/20/72
    W/M
    07/11/01
    12/18/02
    06/08/07
    Roell
    Pigman
    Spencer
    Clay
    100.
    Tommy Ray Pruitt
    03/04/62
    W/M
    06/14/01
    11/21/03
    Humphrey
    Dearborn
    from Morgan
    102.
    Frederick M. Baer
    10/19/71
    W/M
    02/25/04
    06/09/05
    Spencer
    Madison
    104.
    Daniel Ray Wilkes
    07/30/68
    W/M
    04/26/06
    01/25/08
    Heldt
    Clark from Vanderburgh



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  • Capital Punishment Timeline
  • U.S. Executions Since 1976
  • Methods of Execution
  • Public Opinion Polls
  • Updates Since April 1, 2008
  • 1000+ Death Penalty Links

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