INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Parole Board took testimony Monday regarding whether Gov. Mike Braun should grant clemency to convicted killer Roy Lee Ward, who was sentenced to death for the rape and murder of 15-year-old Stacy Payne in 2001. His execution is set for next month.

Monday’s clemency hearings culminated with Stacy’s mother asking the Indiana Parole Board to uphold Roy Lee Ward’s death sentence, and recommend that the governor deny Ward’s petition for clemency.

“We will never see Stacy’s smile again,” Julie Wininger, Stacy Payne’s mother, said. “We will never hear her voice, never have the joy of watching her grow into the incredible woman she was meant to be.”

Law enforcement officers and EMTs who tried to save Stacy’s life called the crime scene the worst they had seen in thei

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