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“Of course I would,” Trump says, responding to a question about whether or not he would immediately lift Attorney General Merrick Garland's moratorium on federal executions if he's reelected in the fall.

The proposed execution of Joseph Corcoran, convicted in four murders in 1998, would be the first state execution in Indiana in 15 years. The state plans to use a controversial drug to carry it out.

In a press release announcing their request, Gov. Eric Holcomb and Attorney General Todd Rokita say they reacquired pentobarbital, the drug used in executions.

In a letter sent to two Connecticut lawmakers last month and later obtained by WFIU/WTIU News, chemical supplier Absolute Standards, Inc. says it's done making pentobarbital for the U.S. government.

Indiana hasn’t carried out an execution in more than a decade. But the state is home to federal death row, inside a special facility in Terre Haute where the U.S. carries out all federal executions.

The Regional Edward R. Murrow Awards from the Radio Television Digital News Association are among the most prestigious in broadcast and digital news.

Capital punishment may not be dominating the 2024 presidential race, but it could quickly seize the political spotlight after November.

Just a few months after he took office, Attorney General Merrick Garland issued a moratorium to halt federal executions. Now federal prosecutors say they will seek capital punishment for a white supremacist.

The decision marks the first time that President Joe Biden's Justice Department has authorized a new pursuit of the death penalty.

Friends of Nasih Khalil Ra’id say he was struggling to cope with conditions at the Federal Correctional Complex in Terre Haute, Indiana. The facility houses the U.S. prison bureau’s “Special Confinement Unit,” or federal death row.