Man who killed brother, 3 others set to be put to death in Indiana's 1st execution in 15 years

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

65% : Corcoran's attorneys have fought the death penalty sentence for years, arguing Corcoran is severely mentally ill, which affects his ability to understand and make decisions.
42% : Joseph Corcoran, 49, has been on death row since 1999, the year he was convicted in the shootings of his brother, James Corcoran, 30; his sister's fiancé, Robert Scott Turner, 32; and two other men: Timothy G. Bricker, 30, and Douglas A. Stillwell, 30.
42% : Indiana is one of only two states, along with Wyoming, that do not allow members of the press to witness state executions, according to a recent report by the Death Penalty Information Center.
41% : State officials have said they couldn't continue executions because a combination of drugs used in lethal injections had become unavailable.
36% : Last summer, the governor announced the resumption of state executions after a yearslong hiatus marked by a scarcity of lethal injection drugs nationwide.

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