>> INDIANA NEWSDESK IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY... >> COMING UP ON INDIANA NEWSDESK.

>> WHEN THE PERSON HAS BEEN IN THIS COUNTRY WITH GOOD FAITH IN ORDER TO PURSUE AMERICAN DREAM, OF COURSE YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE FEAR.

>> UNIVERSITIES ARE WARNING INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS NOT TO GO BACK HOME FOR THE SUMMER GIVEN WAVERING IMMIGRATION POLICIES.

WE SPOKE WITH SOME INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS ABOUT THEIR PLANS FOR THE SUMMER.

>> HOOSIERS ARE CLEANING UP AFTER LAST FRIDAY'S TORNADOES THAT CUT ACROSS MONROE AND BROWN COUNTIES.

DAMAGING MORE THAN 80 BUSINESSES.

>> WE'LL PROBABLY BE WORKING ON IT EVERY DAY DURING THE SUMMER.

I WON'T BE SURPRISED IF THERE'S WORK GOING ON IN THE FALL.

>> A DUGGER WOMAN WAS KILLED DURING A TORNADO TOUCH DOWN NEAR LINTON.

AFTER A 15-YEAR MORATORIUM, INDIANA EXECUTED ITS SECOND DEATH ROW INMATE SINCE DECEMBER.

WE'LL HAVE THESE STORIES AND MORE RIGHT NOW ON INDIANA NEWSDESK.

>> WELCOME TO INDIANA NEWSDESK, I'M JOE WREN.

UNIVERSITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE WARNING INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS NOT TO TRAVEL HOME FOR THE SUMMER GIVEN PRESIDENT TRUMP'S EVER CHANGING IMMIGRATION POLICIES.

WE EXPLAIN HOW IU STUDENTS ARE NAVIGATING THESE CHANGES.

>> INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS ARE FACING AN INCREASINGLY UNCERTAIN FUTURE.

REPORTING AUBREY WRIGHT AND I SPOKE WITH SOME OF THOSE STUDENTS AT IU ABOUT HOW THE CURRENT POLITICAL CLAIM ANOTHER IMPACTS THEIR PLANS FOR THE SUMMER.

IT'S THE END OF THE SPRING SEMESTER AND INDIANA UNIVERSITY'S CAMPUS IS CLEARING OUT.

STUDENTS ARE POPPING CHAMPAGNE, SAYING GOODBYE AND PACKING UP.

[ APPLAUSE ] >> WHILE DOMESTIC STUDENTS CELEBRATE, MANY INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS FACE A DIFFICULT DECISION, STAY IN THE U.S. OR GO BACK HOME AND UPON RETURN TO AMERICA, RISK DEALING WITH DEALING WITH TIGHTER BORDER RESTRICTIONS, THIS SPRING THEY GEARED THEY LOST THEIR VISAS WHY, BUT THEY WERE RESTORED.

>> IF YOUR VISA EXPIRED, YOU CANNOT TRAVEL BACK AND FORTH LIKE INTERNATIONALLY.

>> VIETNAMESE STUDENT FEELS MORE HESITANT TO TRAVEL BACK HOME.

>> IT'S BEEN A PROBLEM BECAUSE I PLAN TO TRAVEL TO CONFERENCES AS WELL AS VISITING MY FAMILY, AND, YOU KNOW, JUST THE IDEA THAT I HAVE TO APPLY FOR THE VISA AND THEN THE PROCESS OF VISA APPLICATION WILL LOOK THROUGH YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA, ALL THESE THINGS.

>> HE IS STAYING IN BLOOMINGTON FOR A RESEARCH POSITION, IF WE WERE TO GO BACK, HE WOULD TAKE MANY MORE PRECAUTIONS.

HE SHOULD BE MORE MINDFUL OF THEIR PHONE.

>> I KNOW PEOPLE DELETE THEIR ENTIRE PHONE CONTENT.

THEY CHECK OUT YOUR PHONE.

>> THE GRADUATE WORKERS UNION HAVE STEPPED UP TO PROTECT INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS.

LAWYERS ARE GIVING ADVICE TO UNION MEMBERS, INCLUDING HIM.

MEANWHILE HE FEELS AS IF IU HAS NOT PROVIDED ENOUGH SUPPORT FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS.

>> THE ADMINISTRATION IS SILENT ABOUT THIS.

>> HE FIRST CAME TO THE UNIVERSITY LAST AUGUST.

HE WAS HOPEFUL WHEN THE-GOT ELECTED, THINKING THERE WOULD BE MORE JOB OPPORTUNITIES ARE FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS.

HE GOT WORRIED WHEN HE SAW HOW MANY VISAS WERE TERMINATED.

>> STUDENTS LIKE US, IT HAS BEEN FEAR.

>> HE ISN'T TOO WORRIED ABOUT GETTING DEPORTED BECAUSE HE'S HERE LEGALLY.

>> AS A LAW STUDENT, I'M SURE HE'S NOT TARGETING THE STUDENTS WHO -- LEGAL IMMIGRANTS COMING TO THE U.S. ONLY STUDENTS DOING SOME WRONGFUL ACTIVITY OR CRIMINAL KIND OF ACTIVITY.

>> BUT HE HASN'T BACK HOME TO VISIT HIS FAMILY IN INDIA.

HE HAD CONCERNS ABOUT NOT BEING ABLE TO COME BACK INTO THE U.S. >> SEEING A LOT OF SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS WHERE THE PERSON'S VISA HAS BEEN DENIED OR THEY HAVE BEEN -- RETURNED TO THEIR HOME COUNTRY, I DON'T KNOW.

>> HE'LL BE STAYING IN THE U.S.

WORKING AT AN IMMIGRATION FIRM AS A LEGAL ASSISTANT.

IF GIVEN THE OPTION TO RETURN TO INDIA RIGHT NOW, HE SAID HE WOULDN'T GO THOSE ARE JUST A FEW EXAMPLES OF COMPLICATIONS FACING INTERNATIONAL STUDENT.

FOR MOST UNIVERSITIES IT'S WORTH THE HASSLE.

EYE DEAN OF EDUCATION SAYS TOP UNIVERSITIES WANT TO ATTRACT INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS FOR THEIR TUITION DOLLARS AND PERSPECTIVE.

>> THEY HAVE TO BE INTELLECTUAL DIVERSITY, THE DIALOGUE, THE DISCUSSIONS THAT HAPPEN IN THE CLASSROOMS, IN SOCIAL SETTINGS, AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, INCREASES THE UNDERSTANDING OF STUDENTS ABOUT THE WORLD AND THEMSELVES.

>> GONZALEZ SAYS FEDERAL CHANGES ARE ERODING THE IDEA THE PERSPECTIVE STUDENTS WILL BE SAFE AND WELCOMED.

AT LEAST TEN OF HIS FRIENDS HAVE LEFT THE COUNTRY OUT OF FEAR OF BEING DEPORTED.

>> WHEN THE PERSON HAS BEEN IN THE COUNTRY IN GOOD FAITH IN ORDER TO PURSUE HIS AMERICAN DREAM, HIS VISA HAS BEEN DENIED, OF COURSE FEAR.

WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING.

>> WHILE THESE TWO INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS DECIDED TO STAY IN THE U.S., OTHERS MAY RISK GOING BACK HOME.

REPORTING FROM THE GATES, WITH REPORTER AUBREY WRIGHT, I'M ISABELLA VESPERINI.

>> MONROE COUNTY RESIDENTS ARE CLEANING AFTER LAST FRIDAY'S DEVASTATING TO' STORM THAT SPAWNED THROUGHOUT THE MIDWEST.

IT STRETCHED FROM THE WEST SIDE OF BLOOMINGTON TO BROWN COUNTY STATE PARK.

PAT BEANE HAS THIS REPORT.

>> CLAIRE WASN'T HOME WHEN THE TORNADO HIT HER PROPERTY ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF BLOOMINGTON LAST FRIDAY EVENING.

HER 96-YEAR-OLD FATHER WAS.

HE LIVES IN AN APARTMENT BUILDING ON THE PROPERTY.

>> ONE OF THE CALLS WE GOT SAID THAT DAD HAD FALLEN, AND THAT THERE WAS LOTS OF SEVERE DAMAGE AT OUR PROPERTY AND THAT WE NEEDED TO COME HOME RIGHT AWAY.

>> THE TORNADO DESTROYED HER TWO BARNS, RIPPED THE FRONT PORCH OFF HER HOUSE AND SHATTERED WINDOWS AND DAMAGED HER FATHER'S APARTMENT.

>> HE HAD A TERRIBLE EYE INJURY ABOVE HIS EYE AND SOME ABRASIONS ON HIS HANDS THAT ARE BOTHERING HIM QUITE A BIT.

BUT HE'S RECUPERATING WELL.

>> WHILE THERE WERE NO FATALITIES IN MONROE COUNTY, A DUGGER WOMAN WAS KILLED AND THREE OF HER CHILDREN INJURED WHEN A TREE FELL ON THEIR CAR AFTER A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN, HER 9-YEAR-OLD SON REMAINS SEDATED IN THE HOSPITAL WITH HEAD INJURIES.

HE'S FACING MULTIPLE SURGERIES.

A FAMILY FRIEND HAS SET UP A GOFUNDME ACCOUNT.

IT WAS THE SECOND TORNADO IN THE BLOOMINGTON AREA THIS YEAR, AND ONE CLIMATE EXPERT SAYS TORNADOES COULD BECOME MORE ROUTINE HERE.

>> INFLUENCE OF CLIMATE CHANGE MAYBE WOULDN'T BE IN THE SEVERITY OF A GIVEN TORNADO OR SET OF TORNADOES, BUT RATHER IN THE FREQUENCY TORNADOES FORM IN BLOOMINGTON.

>> HE SAYS THE AT THE TERRAIN IS USUALLY A DETER RENT TO TORNADOES?

>> THIS IS TORNADO SEASON, IT'S JUST INDIANA DOESN'T NECESSARILY SEE A LOT OF THESE, AND PARTICULARLY IN BLOOMINGTON OR KIND OF THE HILLY AREAS OF SOUTHERN INDIANA, THEY ARE NOT PARTICULARLY COMMON, ALTHOUGH THEY ARE NOT -- THEY DO OCCUR.

>> THE MONROE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY SAYS THE TORNADO DAMAGE TOTALED 84 HOMES IN THE COUNTY.

MUCH OF THAT WAS IN THE CLEAR CREEK NEIGHBORHOOD.

THE REST ARE ON THE WEST SIDE OF BLOOMINGTON WHERE THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ALONG STATE ROAD 45 ALONG WITH NEARLY TEN HOUSES DAMAGED, THE PEOPLE AND ANIMAL SERVICE LEARNING BARNS WERE DESTROYED ASK, ONE HORSE HAD A MINOR INJURY.

>> MOST OF OUR HORSES WERE OUTSIDE.

WE HAD FOUR IN STALLS, BUT ACTUALLY SAFER FOR THE HORSES WHEN THERE'S THE POSSIBILITY OF STRUCTURE DAMAGE FOR THEM TO BE IN PASTURE.

SO THOSE WHO COULD BE WERE TURNED INTO PASTURE THAT NIGHT AND THANKFULLY ALL OF OUR PEOPLE ARE SAFE AND ALL OF OUR HORSE ARE SAFE.

>> ONE HORSE AND TWO DOGS WERE KILL WHEN THE TORNADO CUT THROUGH MONROE COUNTY STRUCK THE CAMPGROUND.

IT REMAINS CLOSED, THE REST OF THE PARK IS OPEN, SCHAEFER SAYS SHE DOESN'T KNOW HOW MUCH IT WILL COST TO REPAIR HER PROPERTY OR CLEAN UP THE TREES THAT FELL AROUND HER HOUSE.

>> EXCEPT FOR THE SUMMER VACATION THAT WE ALREADY HAVE PLANNED, WE'LL PROBABLY BE WORKING ON IT EVERY DAY ALL SUMMER.

AND I WON'T BE SURPRISED IF THERE'S WORK GOING ON IN THE FALL, WHETHER IT'S REBUILDING SOME THINGS OR CLEANING UP.

>> WITH WTIU TEAM COVERAGE FOR INDIANA NEWSDESK, I'M PAT BEANE.

>> MONROE COUNTY HAS PLACED DUMPSTERS AT THREE SITES FOR RESIDENTS TO TAKE DEBRIS FROM THE TORNADO OVER THE NEXT TWO WEEKS.

AT JACKSON CREEK DRIVE AND SANDPIPER DRIVE AND LIGHTHOUSE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY, RESIDENTS CAN ALSO TAKE STORM DAMAGED TREES AND VEGETATION DEBRIS TO THE MONROE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SITE, ON NORTH FISH ROAD.

NOW WE ARE JOINED BY AUBREY WRIGHT WITH MORE HEADLINES FROM AROUND THE STATE.

>> MONROE COUNTY SCHOOLS HAS ELIMINATED 61 POSITIONS BECAUSE OF FINANCIAL SHORTFALLS.

THE CORPORATION IS FACING.

MOST OF THOSE TERMINATED WERE IN CUSTODIAL, FOOD AND HEALTH SERVICES.

SUPERINTENDENT WINSTON BLAMES STATE CAPS ON REFERENDUM FUNDS, PROPERTY TAX CUTS, INCREASING PAYROLL EXPENSES.

>> YOU'RE ENROLLMENT DECLINED BY OVER 800 STUDENTS.

8 30-33 TO BE EXACT.

SINCE COVID.

WHICH RESULTED IN A CUMULATIVE LOSS OF REVENUE TO THE EDUCATION FUND.

OF APPROXIMATELY $22.4 MILLION INCLUSIVE OF THIS CURRENT SCHOOL YEAR.

>> BY AUGUST THE DISTRICT WILL HAVE ABOUT 200 VACANCIES BECAUSE OF RETIREMENTS AND RESIGNATION.

WINSTON ACCEPTS THEY DON'T EXPECT TO FILL MANY OF THOSE POSITIONS.

A PROBATIONARY DEPUTY IN THE MONROE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE HAS FIRED FOLLOWING A REPORT OF SUSPECTED ABUSE OF HIS INFANT CHILD.

THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE WAS CALLED TO IU HOSPITAL MONDAY ABOUT AN INJURED INFANT UNDERGOING TREATMENT.

OFFICERS DETERMINED PROBATIONARY DEPUTY NOLL HERNANDEZ JR. WAS THE FATHER.

THE CASE WAS HANDED THE INDIANA STATE POLICE WHO ARRESTED HERNANDEZ WEDNESDAY ON MULTIPLE COUNTS OF NEGLECT AND BATTERY.

HE HAD ANNUAL BEEN WITH THE DEPARTMENT SINCE MARCH 31.

>> IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT FOR US, AND PARTICULARLY AS A FATHER, IT WAS -- IT WAS SOMETHING THAT ALL OF US GIVE A LOT OF THOUGHT ON MOVING FORWARD.

>> HE SAID HERNANDEZ PASSED THE DEPARTMENT'S BACKGROUND CHECKS WHICH INCLUDES A PSYCHOLOGICAL EVALUATION AND POLYGRAPH BEFORE BEING HIRED.

THERE ARE 12 EXCEPTIONS TO THE NEW WORK REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR THE HEALTHY INDIANA PLAN OR HIP.

BUT FEDERAL LAWMAKERS ARE PROPOSING THEIR OWN VERSION OF THE PROGRAM FOR MEDICATION EXPANSION.

MEDICAID EXPERTS SAY UNDER THE PROPOSAL, INDIANA WOULD NO LONGER BE ALLOWED TO PROVIDE SEVERAL OF THOSE EXCEPTIONS.

>> THE FEDERAL POLICY INCLUDES SOME EXCEPTIONS THAT OVERLAP WITH INDIANA'S LAW.

SOME EXCEPTIONS WEREN'T INCLUDED AT ALL IN THE FEDERAL PROPOSAL.

A RESEARCH PROFESSOR AT GORGE TOWN UNIVERSITY.

IT REQUIRES THEM IMPLEMENT THE POLICY IN 2029.

>> WE ARE NO LONGER IN THE WORLD OF STATES GETTING TO DECIDE HOW THEY WANT TO RUN THEIR OWN PROGRAM.

THIS IS A MORE TOP DOWN ENVIRONMENT.

>> HE SAYS THE SPECIFIC POLICIES WON'T BE AVAILABLE TO STATES UNTIL JULY 2027.

STATES WON'T BE ABLE TO DEVIATE FROM THOSE REGULATIONS WHICH HE SAYS IS BECAUSE LAWMAKERS NEED PEOPLE TO LOSE COVERAGE IN ORDER TO GENERATE SAVINGS.

>> IT WOULD NOT MAKE SENSE TO INVEST A WHOLE LOT OF MONEY TO BUILD A SYSTEM WHICH YOU KNOW IS NO LONGER GOING TO BE MATCHING THE FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS ABOUT TO COME ONLINE.

>> FOR INDIANA PUBLIC BROADCASTING, I'M ABIGAIL RHUMAN.

>> IT INCLUDES A NUMBER OF CHAINS THAT THREATEN PEOPLE'S COVERAGE WHICH SHE SAYS WILL LEAD TO MORE MEDICAL DEBT AND WORSE HEALTH OUTCOMES.

THE PROPOSAL TO ADOPT BOAT CENTERS IN MONROE COUNTY DIED THIS WEEK WHEN IT FAILED TO GET UNANIMOUS APPROVAL FROM THE COUNTY ELECTION BOARD.

THE PLAN WOULD HAVE ABANDONED LOCATION-BASED PRECINCT VOTING IN FAVOR OF 29 VOTE CENTERS TO OPEN -- OPEN TO ANY RESIDENT.

BUT REPUBLICAN BOARD MEMBER DANNY SHIELDS VOTED AGAINST THE PLAN.

CALLING INTO QUESTION THE UNDERLYING GOAL OF GETTING THE COUNTY TO ADOPT VOTE CENTERS.

>> IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE COMMITTEE WAS NEVER ENTIRELY UNBIASED.

THEY NEVER CONSIDERED WHETHER VOTE CENTERS ARE A GOOD IDEA.

THEY WERE ALWAYS FOCUSED ON GETTING THEM IMPLEMENTED.

>> 65 OF INDIANA'S 92 COUNTIES CURRENTLY USE THE VOTE CENTER MODEL.

THE ROUNDABOUT AT THE INTERSECTION SUCH WINSLOW ROAD AND HIGH STREET WILL BE CLOSED FOR 45 DAYS STARTING TUESDAY.

THE INTERSECTION IS BEING UPGRADED TO MEET MODERN DESIGN STANDARDS WITH NEW FEATURES LIKE A TRUCK APRON AND WIDER MEDIAN ISLAND.

THE PROJECT WILL RESURFACE ROADS AND UPGRADE SIDEWALKS AND CROSS WALKS.

THE PARK WILL REMAIN OPEN ALTHOUGH THE PARKING LOT WILL BE CLOSED.

AND BLOOMINGTON'S HISTORIC STARLIGHT DRIVE-IN IS UP FOR SALE.

THEY BOUGHT THE 70-YEAR-OLD THEATER TWO YEARS AGO AND HAS SINCE RENOVATED IT BUT SAYS IT'S TIME TO MOVE ON.

IT WILL CONTINUE TO SCREEN MOVIES UNTIL IT IS SOLD.

>> I PUT EVERY PENNY THAT'S MADE HERE BACK INTO THE THEATER.

I HAVE NOT TAKEN ANYTHING HOME.

IN FACT, I PUT MORE THAN WE MADE HERE INTO IT.

>> JOE, WILL SAYS HE'S SELLING THE STARLIGHT TO PURCHASE ANOTHER DRIVE-IN CLOSER TO HIS HOME IN TERRE HAUTE.

>> HAVE YOU BEEN THERE?

>> I HAVEN'T.

>> IT'S A GREAT TIME.

COMING UP NEXT ON INDIANA NEWSDESK... DEATH PENALTY ADVOCATES AND PROTESTORS GATHERED OUTSIDE THE STATE PRISON IN MICHIGAN CITY MONDAY AS THE STATE PUT A MAN TO DEATH.

AND LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR BECKWITH PLACED PLENTY OF OPPOSITION THIS WEEK IN A TOWN HALL.

THESE STORIES AND MORE RIGHT HERE ON INDIANA NEWSDESK.

>> ASKING TOUGH QUESTIONS TO THOSE IN POWER.

>> RIGHT NOW HAS YOU OUTMANNED, OUTGUNNED, IS IT TIME TO THINK ABOUT A SETTLEMENT.

>> AS A NEWCOMER TO CONGRESS, WHAT DID YOU MAKE OF THE HIGH DEGREE OF DYSFUNCTION WITHIN THE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE?

>> I ALWAYS FELT IT WAS BROKEN.

>> AND COVERING EVENTS AS THEY UNFOLD.

>> THE OPPOSITION FIGHTERS HAVE REACHED THE SUBURBS OF THE CAPITAL DAMASCUS.

>> RECENTLY WFIU AND WTIU LOST A COMBINED $450,000 IN STATE FUNDING.

THAT WILL DIRECTLY IMPACT THE PROGRAMMING YOU RELY ON EVERY DAY.

THE MISSION HAS NEVER BEEN MORE VITAL OR VULNERABLE THAN RIGHT NOW.

WE ARE DEEPLY COMMITTED TO PROVIDING TRUSTED PROGRAMMING TO THIS REGION AND RELYING ON OUR COMMUNITY NOW AS MUCH AS EVER.

HELP US MEET THIS MOMENT BY BECOMING A SUSTAINING MEMBER AT WTIU.ORG/DONATE.

THANK YOU.

>> WELCOME BACK TO INDIANA NEWSDESK.

LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR BECKWITH IS NO STRANGER TO PUBLIC SCRUTINY OVER HIS CONTROVERSIAL REMARKS, AT A TOWN HALL MONDAY NIGHT, BECKWITH WENT FACE-TO-FACE WITH SOME OF HIS MOST DISSATISFIED CONSTITUENTS, ETHAN SANDWEISS ATTENDED THE EVENT AND HAS THIS REPORT.

>> AN HOUR BEFORE THE MEETING, OPPONENTS WERE THERE IN FORCE.

CLERGY, ACTIVISTS AND ELECTED OFFICIALS ARRANGED A PROTEST AGAINST BECKWITHS CONTROVERSIAL DEFENSE OF THE 3/5 COMPROMISE.

>> WHAT KIND OF CONSCIOUSNESS IS BEING REVEALED WHEN A LEADER DEFENDS THE DEHUMANIZATION OF OTHERS AS A HISTORICAL WIN FOR EQUITY.

>> CONTRADICTING MAINSTREAM HISTORIANS, BECKWITH SAID THE 3/5 DETERMINING THE NUMBER OF SEATS IN CONGRESS WAS INTENDED TO LIMIT THE POWER OF SLAVE-HOLDING STATES.

THE PRESIDENT OF THE NAACP DOESN'T BUY BECKWITH'S EXPLANATION.

>> I THINK BECKWITH HAS SHOWN HIS TRUE CHARACTER.

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

NOW JUST AS IMPORTANTLY, AND I WONDER AND I'M SURE YOU DO TOO WHY HASN'T THE GOVERNOR DENOUNCED HIS LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR'S ATTEMPT TO DISTORT THE HISTORICAL NARRATIVE.

>> INSIDE THE TOWN HALL THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR SEEMED AT HOME ANSWERING QUESTIONS FROM OFTEN HOSTILE CONSTITUENTS.

>> THE LEFT LIKES TO PUSH THAT SYSTEMIC RACISM STILL EXISTS.

[ SHOUTING ] >> SHOW ME IN THE SYSTEM WHERE A BLACK PERSON CAN'T DO WHAT A WHITE PERSON CAN DO, SHOW ME.

WHERE?

>> DESPITE HARD QUESTIONS AND OCCASIONAL YEARS AND INSULTS FROM THE CROWD, HE MAINTAINED HIS CALM AND RESPONDED TO EACH AUDIENCE MEMBER.

>> I LIKE IT WHEN PEOPLE THROW THE TOUGH QUESTIONS AT ME.

I GET REALLY TIRED OF BEING IN AN ECHO CHAMBER.

YOU GUYS ARE NOT THAT.

SO THANK YOU.

>> BECKWITH'S COMPROMISE HAVE EARNED HIM A REBUKE FROM THE GOVERNOR BUT STANDS BY HIS INTERPRETATION OF HISTORY.

FOR INDIANA NEWSDESK, I'M ETHAN SANDWEISS.

>> INDIANA EXECUTED BENJAMIN RICHIE IN THE EARLY HOURS TUESDAY MORNING, HE WAS THE SECOND INMATE PUT TO DEATH SINCE DECEMBER WHEN THE STATE RESUMED EXECUTIONS AFTER A 15-YEAR MORATORIUM.

GEORGE HAIL WAS OUTSIDE WHEN THE EXECUTION TOOK PLACE AND HAS THIS REPORT.

>> CURRENT AND FORMER POLICE OFFICERS ARRIVED AT THE INDIANA STATE PRISON ABOUT AN HOUR BEFORE MIDNIGHT.

SAME CAME FROM BEACH GROVE WHERE THE BILL TONY WAS WORKING IN 2000 WHEN BENJAMIN RICHIE SHOT HIM DURING A PURSUE.

THE CLOCK TICKED TOWARD MIDNIGHT.

THE EXECUTION DATE SET ANY INDIANA SUPREME COURT AFTER A SPLIT DECISION ON RICHIE'S APPEALS.

THEY KEPT THEIR DISTANCE FROM MEDIA AND DEATH PENALTY OPPONENTS.

>> THEY'VE BEEN PRETTY MELLOW OVER THERE, NOT BOTHERING US.

>> ANTI-DEATH PENALTY CAMPAIGNING'S GROUP WAS FAR OUTNUMBERED BY THE OFFICERS AND SAID EXECUTING RICHIE WASN'T LIKELY TO MAKE THEIR JOBS ANY SAFER.

>> LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS ARE AT GREATER RISK BEING KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY IN STATES THAT HAVE THE DEATH PENALTY.

THAT'S -- JUST ONE MORE EXAMPLE OF THE DISPARITY IN HOW THE DEATH PENALTY IS BEING APPLIED.

I BELIEVE IT'S UNFAIR.

>> IT REFLECTS A TREND IN THE U.S.

TOWARDS SKEPTICISM OF THE DEATH PENALTY.

REFLECTED IN FEWER DEATH SENTENCES IMPOSED BY JURIES.

RICHIE IS AMONG MORE THAN TWO DOZEN PEOPLE CONVICTED OF KILLING A POLICE OFFICER, BUT THE ONLY ONE ON DEATH ROW.

JOSH PAYNE BELIEVES THEY ALL SHOULD BE EXECUTED AND FASTER.

>> THEY'RE OUT HERE PROTESTING THE DEATH PENALTY.

THEY COMMITTED A CRIME, IF THEY CAN'T DO THE TIME, THEY SHOULDN'T DO IT.

>> PAYNE HOSTED A LATE NIGHT BARBECUE AT HIS HOME FAYING THE -- FACING THE PRISON.

HE BLASTED MUSIC FOR HOURS.

>> PROTESTING THE DEATH PENALTY, LETTING THEM KNOW WHAT'S RIGHT IS RIGHT AND WHAT'S WRONG IS WRONG.

>> RICHIE'S EXECUTION STARTED SOME SOMETIME AFTER MIDNIGHT, MEDIA ACCESS TO EXECUTIONS IS VIRTUALLY NONEXISTENT IN INDIANA UNLIKE ALL OTHER STATES THAT REGULARLY USE THE DEATH PENALTY.

JOURNALISTS AREN'T ALLOWED TO VIEW ANY OF THE PROTESTS.

THE ATTORNEY SHARED WHAT HE COULD RECALL MOMENTS AFTER HIS CLIENT DIED?

>> LYING DOWN, HIS LEFT ARM WAS -- FIST WAS CLENCHING AND HIS FEET WERE MOVING, FOR ABOUT TEN SECONDS.

THEN HE SAT UP AND VIOLENTLY TWITCHED FOR ABOUT 3 SECONDS.

LAY BACK DOWN AND THEN ABOUT 3 MINUTES LATER, TWO OR THREE MINUTES LATER, THEY CLOSED THE BLINDS.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT ANY OF THAT MEANS, I'M NOT A DOCTOR.

>> THE INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS PUT RICHIE'S TIME OF DEATH AT 12:46 A.M.

THE INDIANA SUPREME COURT ISSUED AN UNUSUAL DIVIDED RULING THAT OFFERED RICHIE NO RELIEF ALTHOUGH THE CHIEF JUSTICE SIDED WITH RICHIE.

>> THIS IS A FOOLISH, SENSELESS AGONIZING WASTE OF TIME AND MONEY.

THE MAN WE EXECUTED TODAY, THOUGH HE HIMSELF ACKNOWLEDGES THAT HE COMMITTED A SENSELESS CRIME 25 YEARS AGO, IS NOT THE SAME PERSON WHO COMMITTED THAT CRIME.

HE WAS A DIFFERENT MAN.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE, THANKS.

>> FOR INDIANA NEWSDESK, I'M GEORGE HAIL.

>> THERE'S SINCE MENS REMAINING ON INDIANA'S DEATH ROW BUT NONE HAVE EXECUTION DATES SCHEDULED.

RACING FANS ARE GEARING UP FOR THE INDIANA PLACE 500 SUNDAY AS THOUSANDS POUR INTO THE SPEEDWAY.

IT'S ANOTHER DAY OF WORK FOR THE DOCTOR ON DUTY.

AUBREY WRIGHT HAS THE STORY ON THE PHYSICIANS WORKING BEHIND THE SCENES AT THE GREATEST SPECTACLE IN RACING.

>> 33 DRIVERS ARE BELTING DOWN THE INDIANAPOLIS MOTOR SPEEDWAY, PUSHING PAST 200 MILES AN HOUR.

IT'S A FAMILIAR SIGHT FOR DR. LIZ SULLIVAN.

>> I GREW UP A RACING FAN MY ENTIRE LIFE.

I DIDN'T KNOW THAT DOING MEDICINE AND MOTOR SPORTS WAS LIKE A POSSIBILITY AT ALL.

>> MOTOR SPORTS MEDICINE FELLOW, SHE'S PART OF A ONE OF A KIND PROGRAM WITH INDY CAR AND THE INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE.

IT TRAINS DOCTORS FOR EMERGENCIES DURING HIGH SPEED RACES.

>> THIS PROGRAM ALLOWS ME TO WORK WITH SOME OF THE BEST PEOPLE IN THE INDUSTRY THAT HAVE THE EXPERIENCE OF, YOU KNOW, WITNESSING AND RESUSCITATING AND RESPONDING TO CRASHES.

ALSO TO MANAGE THE DRIVERS AS THEY GO ON WITH THE SAFETY ASPECTS.

>> SULLIVAN SAYS SHE'S ALSO WORKED IN FORMULA ONE, NASCAR AND DRAG RACING AND SHE'S OFTEN ON THE ROAD WITH INDY CAR'S MEDICAL TEAM PREPARED TO TREAT EVERYONE FROM DRIVERS TO FANS.

>> IT'S THE ONLY PLACE THAT WE -- I GET TO DEDICATE AN ENTIRE YEAR JUST TO LEARN FROM ALL THESE AMAZING INDIVIDUALS IN RACING, AND IT KIND OF IS A CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE.

>> SULLIVAN'S ADVENTURE IS POSSIBLE THAN THANKS TO THE PROGRAM DIRECTOR.

THE INAUGURAL MOTOR SPORTS FELLOW.

>> ONE OF THE THINGS I ALWAYS TALK ABOUT IS BEING LOUD ABOUT YOUR PASSIONS.

>> SULLIVAN WILL GRADUATE THIS SUMMER.

STICKING WITH THE INDIANAPOLIS MOTOR SPEEDWAY AND SERVING AS CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER FOR RALLY RACES IN TENNESSEE AND CANADA.

>> ALREADY HAVE A LINE FOR CLASS OF 26 AND SOMEBODY FROM CLASS OF 2027.

>> FOR INDIANA NEWSDESK, I'M AUBREY WRIGHT.

>> THE IU SCHOOL OF MEDICINE ACCEPTS JUST ONE MOTOR SPORTS MEDICINE FELLOW EACH YEAR, THEY CAN WATCH THE 109TH RUNNING OF THE INDIANAPOLIS 500 LIVE SUNDAY ON FOX.

NATIONAL COVERAGE OF THE RACE BEGINS AT 10:00 A.M.

BUT THE GREEN FLAG SCHEDULED TO DROP AT 12:45 P.M., FOX WILL ALSO RE-AIR THE RACE AT 7:00 P.M. SUNDAY.

THAT'S THE END OF THIS PROGRAM.

BUT OUR WORK CONTINUES ONLINE AS WE COVER THE NEWS THROUGHOUT THE WEEK AT WTIU NEWS.ORG.

HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND.

>> INDIANA NEWSDESK IS MADE