Roy Ward’s execution in Illinois was the 35th in the U.S. in 2025, with Florida leading the way with 13 executions this year.

On Friday, Indiana put Roy Ward to death, the state’s third execution since December. He was a 53-year-old white man who had been convicted in 2002 of the rape and murder of a teenage girl.

More than two decades after the brutal murder of 15-year-old Stacy Payne, the man twice convicted of the crime will be ...

An Indiana man convicted in the 2001 rape and murder of a teenage girl is set to die by lethal injection early Friday in the ...

Death row inmate Roy Lee Ward was executed by lethal injection early Friday morning at the Indiana State Prison in Michigan ...

MILLION GRANT AWARDED IN 2020 FOR INDIANA WILL EXECUTE A DEATH ROW INMATE. NEXT WEEK. GOVERNOR MIKE BRAUN HAS DENIED CLEMENCY FOR ROY WARD, ALLOWING HIS EXECUTION TO PROCEED AS SCHEDULED FOR NEXT ...

EVANSVILLE – Of the 96 convicted killers executed through the Indiana death penalty since 1897, 11 have had ties to Southern Indiana. And on Oct. 10, that number will grow to 12.

MICHIGAN CITY — As most across the Region slept, a 53-year-old man was put to death by lethal injection early Friday at the ...

Indiana death row inmate Roy Lee Ward was executed early Friday morning for the 2001 rape and murder of 15-year-old Stacy ...

Thirty-five men have died by court-ordered executions in the U.S. so far this year, including one early Friday, with seven ...

Hours before the execution of Roy Lee Ward, the Gary diocese hosted a vigil at the Indiana State Prison in Michigan City.

Death row inmate Roy Lee Ward declined to meet one-on-one with the Indiana Parole Board, saying he wanted to spare the family of his victim from traveling to the state prison in Michigan City for the ...