Articles tagged as: Terre Haute
August 27, 2020
Only Native American On Federal Death Row Executed
With the execution of Lezmond Mitchell for the slayings of a 9-year-old and her grandmother, the federal government has now carried out more executions in 2020 than it had in the previous 56 years combined.
Read MoreAugust 13, 2020
Attorneys For Condemned Federal Inmate Ask Judge To Delay Execution
Attorneys for a Native American man set to be executed Aug. 26 in Indiana say the government isn't following proper execution protocols.
Read MoreAugust 5, 2020
Anti-Death Penalty Groups Sue, Say Roadblocks Impede Speech
Hours before three July executions, Indiana State Police cut off public roads to the Federal Correctional Complex in Terre Haute, Indiana, where all federal executions are carried out by lethal injection.
Read MoreJuly 20, 2020
West Central Indiana Named State's Latest Talent Region
Six counties in West Central Indiana were designated a 21st Century Talent Region Monday by the state. It's meant to focus efforts on attracting and educating a local workforce.
Read MoreJuly 16, 2020
US Executes 2nd Man In A Week At Terre Haute Prison; Lawyers Said He Had Dementia
The United States on Thursday carried out its second federal execution this week following a hiatus of nearly two decades, killing by lethal injection a Kansas man whose lawyers contended he had dementia and was unfit to be executed.
Read MoreJuly 15, 2020
Judge Halts Execution Amid Claims Inmate Isn't Mentally Fit
A judge on Wednesday halted the execution of a man, said to be suffering from dementia, who had been set to die by lethal injection in the governments second execution this week at the federal prison in Terre Haute.
Read MoreJuly 14, 2020
US Carries Out First Federal Execution In Nearly 2 Decades At Prison In Terre Haute
The execution of Daniel Lewis Lee came over the objection of the victims relatives and following days of legal wrangling and delays.
Read MoreJuly 13, 2020
Judge Blocks Federal Executions; Administration Appeals
A U.S. district judge on Monday ordered a new delay in federal executions, hours before the first lethal injection was scheduled to be carried out at a federal prison in Indiana.
Read MoreMay 26, 2020
Terre Haute Prison Inmate With COVID-19 Dies; 3 More Have It
An inmate at the federal prison complex in Terre Haute who had COVID-19 has died, and three others there also have tested positive for the disease, the Bureau of Prisons said Tuesday.
Read MoreMay 15, 2020
Terre Haute Casino Approved By Gaming Commission, Set To Open September 2021
Indiana is officially getting a new casino in Terre Haute. The state Gaming Commission approved the facility Friday, set to open in September 2021.
Read More