HENDERSON, Ky (WEHT) - The death penalty has been a hot topic of debate across the country. Indiana is one state that used to carry them out until 2009. In late 2024, the Hoosier state resumed capital punishment, and since then, three people have been executed: Joseph Corcoran, Benjamin Ritchie and the latest with the execution of Roy Lee Ward.

With these carried out, Indiana has five inmates remaining on death row. Who are these individuals, and what were their crimes?

William Gibson:

William Gibson is on death row for the murders of Karen Hodella, Stephanie Kirk and Christine Whitis.

Records indicate Hodella, 44-years-old from Port Orange, Florida, was strangled to death. This murder lead Gibson to plead guilty and receive a 65-year sentence in 2014.

Kirk was 35 years old when she w

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