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Earlier this week, the Indiana Governor and Attorney General requested the Indiana Supreme Court set an execution date for a convicted murderer.
The Indiana Supreme Court has now responded, stating that any party may file a response to a motion within 15 days after being served.
If no response is filed by July 11 from the Public Defender of Indiana, then the court will enter an order setting an execution date for Joseph E. Corcoran.
Corcoran was convicted of the murder of four people in 1997 and exhausted all possible appeals in 2016. He has been waiting for his execution in Indiana prisons since.
There hasn’t been an execution in the Hoosier state since 2009.
In the announcement on Wednesday, Gov. Eric Holcomb stated the Indiana Department of Correction has acquired the drug that is used to carry out executions.
The drug used in the executions is pentobarbital, which can be used to treat epilepsy and other seizures as well as induce comas. Prisoners being executed are given a lethal dose.
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