Beech Grove cop killer's execution set for May 20

INDIANAPOLIS — For more than 20 years, Benjamin Ritchie has been sitting on death row after being convicted of gunning down Beech Grove Police Officer William Toney in September 2000.Ritchie has filed direct appeals, post-conviction appeals, and even sought a federal habeas proceeding. But none of these legal maneuvers spared Ritchie from his conviction.
On April 15, the Indiana Supreme Court shut the book on Ritchie's latest attempt to avoid the death sentence by denying his petition for