Ritchie, 45, was the second person put to death in Indiana since 2009, following a 15-year hiatus due to the state’s inability to obtain the drugs to carry out lethal injections.

Benjamin Donnie Ritchie was executed in the early morning hours Tuesday by the state of Indiana. The state barred representatives of the media from witnessing the gruesome proceedings. His attorneys had argued that he should not be executed due to his “severe brain damage.”