Hours before the execution of Roy Lee Ward, the Gary diocese hosted a vigil at the Indiana State Prison in Michigan City.

Death row inmate Roy Lee Ward will be executed Friday at the Indiana State Prison in Michigan City after exhausting all legal options.

INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Parole Board took testimony Monday regarding whether Gov. Mike Braun should grant clemency to convicted killer Roy Lee Ward, who was sentenced to death for the rape and ...

Indiana executed Roy Lee Ward, who was sentenced to death after being convicted of rape and murder Friday morning, shortly after midnight CDT.

MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. — At 12:01 a.m. CDT, the time declared by court order to begin the execution of Roy Lee Ward, a small crowd gathered in the parking lot across the street from the Indiana State ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Attorneys for death row inmate Roy Lee Ward will attempt to make the case that he should not be executed. Ward is scheduled to die by lethal injection on Oct. 10 for the 2001 ...

The history of capital punishment in Indiana is long, twisting and beset by problems. The process that led to the early-morning Oct. 10 execution of Roy Lee Ward at the Indiana State Prison in ...

Roy Lee Young, 80, died Oct. 12, 2025 in Wichita. He was born July 10, 1945, in Kingman the son of Merle W. and Hilah M. Field Young. A lifetime resident of the Pretty Prairie and Kingman communities, ...