Gov. Mike Braun followed the recommendation of the Indiana Parole Board , allowing the execution of death row inmate Roy Lee Ward to move forward, according to a short announcement Sept. 29.

Ward, whose execution date is on Oct. 10, was sentenced to death for the 2001 rape and murder of a 15-year-old girl from Southern Indiana. Ward will be the third inmate to be executed by the state of Indiana since it resumed executions last year after a 15-year pause.

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