Lawmakers push for legislation to end the death penalty
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MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. -- At 12:44 a.m. on the morning of Dec.18, Joseph Corcoran was the first inmate to be executed by the state in 15 years.
The Indiana Department of Corrections obtained the fatal drug pentobarbital earlier this year and used it to carry out the execution last week.
The announcement back in June to resume executions in Indiana prompted Republican Robert Morris to write House Bill 1030, which would repeal the death penalty.
7th district representative Jake Teshka, also a republican, co- authored the bill.
"I've stood firm on for years, at this point, being pro-life, from conception to natural death. I think that, again, that the possibility of executing an innocent person is, is never zero, and that alone should, should make a stop and think," said Teshka.
There are still seven inmates on death row in Indiana.