Lawmaker Wants to Let Victims' Families Watch Executions

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A state lawmaker wants to change Indiana law to allow the families of murder victims to witness the executions of their loved ones' convicted killers.

Sen. Tom Wyss, R-Fort Wayne, said he was surprised when he learned that condemned defendants currently decide who witnesses their executions, and that victims' families have no right to be there.

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Lawmaker Wants to Let Victims' Families Watch Executions

The bill Wyss drafted would allow up to eight members of a murder victim's family to wi...

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