(Indianapolis, IN) - An Indiana State Prison inmate is scheduled to be executed next week as planned. 

 

Gov. Mike Braun on Wednesday chose to uphold a recommendation from the state parole board to execute Benjamin Ritchie.

 

He’s scheduled for a lethal injection on Tuesday.

 

The governor overlooked the appeal from defense attorneys, who argued Ritchie he was diagnosed with brain damage related to partial fetal alcohol syndrome and there were legal errors in the case.

 

Ritchie was convicted in the fatal shooting of a police officer downstate over 20 years ago.