May 20 (UPI) -- The State of Indiana executed a 45-year-old man on Tuesday for the 2000 murder of a police officer, making him the 17th person to have their death sentence carried out in the United States this year.
Benjamin Donnie Ritchie was executed by lethal injection, with the execution process starting at about 12 a.m. DCT Tuesday. He was pronounced dead at 12:46 a.m., the Indiana Department of Corrections said in a statement.
"I love my family, my friends and all the support I've gotten," Ritchie said in his last words. "I hope they all find peace."
Prison officials said his last meal was the Tour of Italy from Olive Garden.
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