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INDIANAPOLIS — In precisely one month Joseph Corcoran will be put to death for murdering four people in Fort Wayne over two decades ago.
Corcoran was found guilty of murdering his brother, his sister’s fiance, and two family friends in 1997. He has sat on death row ever since his execution was delayed due to the state not having the drug cocktail for lethal injection.
The state has since re-acquired that cocktail. The State Supreme Court said Corcoran will be executed on December 18th just before sunrise.
Protestors and anti-death penalty advocates gathered on the steps of the Indiana State Capitol on Sunday. They hope Gov. Eric Holcomb will hear their pleas to spare Corcoran’s life. They rang a big Delaware bell to further push their message.
“Delaware abolished the death penalty, so they no longer need it, and what we’re hoping is we go to other states and the same effect will happen,” Charles Keith said to WISH-TV. “They hear the bell ring, and they’ll end the death penalty.”