Joseph Corcoran was executed Wednesday morning for a 1997 quadruple homicide despite claims of severe mental illness from his legal team and appeals to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Joseph Corcoran , 49, was executed by lethal injection Wednesday morning for a 1997 quadruple homicide. This was Indiana's first execution since 2009. Corcoran's legal team continued to petition federal courts, including the U.S. Supreme Court, to halt the execution. They argued that he suffered from severe and longstanding paranoid schizophrenia, documented in self-published books from prison. Corcoran's sister and the original prosecutor asked for him to be spared.
The Indiana Department of Correction said the execution process began shortly after midnight CST and Corcoran was pronounced dead at 12:44 a.m. CST. The department said Tuesday evening that Corcoran requested Ben & Jerry's ice cream for his last meal
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