Man set to be put to death in Indiana's first execution in 15 years
NPRMan set to be put to death in Indiana's first execution in 15 years toggle caption Erin Hooley/AP MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. — An Indiana man convicted in the 1997 killings of his brother and three other men was set to receive a lethal injection by early Wednesday in the state's first execution in 15 years, without any independent witness present under the state's laws shielding information about the death penalty. Corcoran's attorneys asked the U.S. District Court of Northern Indiana last week to stop his execution and hold a hearing to decide if it would be unconstitutional because Corcoran has a serious mental illness. It's all show," said Abraham Borowitz, director of Death Penalty Action, his organization that protests every execution in the U.S. Prison officials said in a brief statement Tuesday evening that Corcoran "requested Ben & Jerry's ice cream for his last meal."
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