He Killed an Officer Who Was Just Filling In -- Now He Faces Execution and Says It's Wrong Because of How He Was Born

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38% : He has been on death row for more than 20 years for the 2000 fatal shooting of 31-year-old Beech Grove Police Officer Bill Toney.
38% : "I've ruined my life and other people's lives, and I'm so sorry for that night," he told the parole board, the AP reported.
27% : Benjamin Ritchie, 45, is scheduled to die by lethal injection at the Indiana State Prison on Tuesday, May 20 Ritchie was convicted of fatally shooting Beech Grove Police Officer Bill Toney in 2000 Ritchie's attorneys have argued the inmate suffered from brain damage due to Fetal Alcohol Syndrome An Indiana inmate who was convicted of killing a police officer two decades ago is set to be executed on Tuesday, May 20. Benjamin Ritchie, 45, is scheduled to die by lethal injection at the Indiana State Prison before sunrise unless he receives a last-minute court reprieve, according to the Associated Press.

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