印第安纳最高法院定于12月18日处决精神病谋杀犯约瑟夫·科科兰(Joseph E. Corcoran)。 Indiana Supreme Court schedules execution of mentally ill murderer Joseph E. Corcoran on December 18.

印第安纳州最高法院预定12月18日处决Joseph E. Corcoran, 这是2009年以来首次执行。 The Indiana Supreme Court has scheduled the execution of Joseph E. Corcoran for December 18, the state's first since 2009. 科科伦于 1997 年因谋杀四人而被定罪，2016 年他的上诉用尽。 Convicted in 1997 for murdering four people, Corcoran's appeals were exhausted in 2016. 他的辩护反对因他的精神疾病,特别是偏执性精神分裂症而执行死刑。 His defense argues against the execution due to his mental illness, specifically paranoid schizophrenia. 印第安纳州州长Eric Holcomb在获得用于注射致死剂的苯巴比妥之后恢复了处决。 Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb reinstated executions after acquiring pentobarbital, the drug used for lethal injections.