Roy Lee Ward is scheduled to die by lethal injection before sunrise on October 10 at the Indiana State Prison in Michigan City, where he's currently incarcerated Ward, aged 44, was handed a death sentence after he confessed to the 2001 rape and murder of 15 year old Stacy Payne (Image: Indiana Department of Correction)

Concerns have been raised about Indiana's lethal injection stockpile over fears it could cause lags on death row "excruciating pain." Roy Lee Ward faces death before dawn on October 10 at the Indiana State Prison in Michigan City, where he remains behind bars. ‌

Yet, Gov. Mike Braun said that Indiana's Department of Correction has yet to secure the required execution drugs claiming Indiana is implementing measures to prevent doses from expiring before adminis

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