Joseph Corcoran
This is one of the cases that I am actually surprised that I have not blogged about before. It is a crime that happened in my state and the perpetrator was sentenced to death so every few years his case seems to be back in the news. It is also a case that irritates me just a tiny bit. I have often stated that I am neither an advocate nor an opponent of the death penalty. But, I also find it ridiculous all of the inmates that remain on death row when a state has not executed anyone in several years nor do they look to have plans to do so any time soon. While Corcoran was sentenced long before the last execution took place in Indiana in 2009, three people went on death row in 2013. As of 2018 there are no scheduled executions planned in the state despite there being eleven death row inmates. Three of those inmates, including Debra Brown who is held in Ohio for the crimes she committed with Alton Coleman, were sentenced before Joseph Corcoran. And, to be fair one of t...