FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WPTA) – Fort Wayne Rep. Bob Morris (R) is urging Governor Mike Braun to halt executions as an Indiana inmate is set to be put to death in early November.
BACKGROUND: Rep. Morris requests that Gov. Braun pause state-level executions in continued call to end death penalty
In a letter to Braun, Morris said the pause should last until the general assembly reconvenes in January. He says the botched execution in Tennessee shows the risks of lethal injection, and argues executions don’t deter capital crimes…