RITCHIE v. WILSON

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA INDIANAPOLIS DIVISION BENJAMIN RITCHIE, ) ) Petitioner, ) ) v. ) No. 1:08-cv-00503-RLY-MJD ) RON NEAL, ) ) Respondent. ) Order Denying Motion to Stay Execution and Granting Certificate of Appealability Benjamin Ritchie is an Indiana state prisoner scheduled for execution before sunrise at Indiana State Prison on May 20, 2025. He was sentenced to death in 2002 for the murder of police officer William Toney. He unsuccessfully pursued a direct appeal, state post-conviction relief, federal habeas relief before this court, and most recently…