Joseph Corcoran's haunting final words before becoming Indiana's first executed prisoner in 15 years An Indiana prisoner who was convicted of killing four people, including his brother and his sister's fiancé, was executed early Wednesday morning - becoming the state's first inmate to be put to death in 15 years.
Joseph Corcoran, 49, was pronounced dead at 12:44am CST at the Indiana State Prison in Michigan City, Indiana, the Indiana Department of Correction said in a statement.
Despite his illness, the state still rendered him competent enough to be put to death] Joseph Corcoran, 49, was pronounced dead at 12:44am CST at the Indiana State Prison in Michigan City, Indiana.
It was the first execution in a state prison in Indiana that used the one-drug method (pictured: guards outside the prison before his execution)] Sixteen prisoners have been executed at Terre Haute, a federal facility, since 2001.
It was the first execution in an Indiana state prison that used the one-drug method, according to The Indiana Capital Chronicle.
