South Bend Tribune: Group urges moratorium on Indiana death penalty

South Bend Tribune: Group urges moratorium on Indiana death penalty: "Death penalty opponents have launched a new effort to halt executions in Indiana until the costs and fairness of the system can be examined.

The Indiana Coalition Acting to Suspend Executions says Indiana needs more safeguards in capital cases. A 2007 report found state appeals courts lacked the ability to fully review whether different crimes merit death sentences.

Indiana has executed 19 inmates since reinstating the death penalty in 1977. Eight executions have occurred since Gov. Mitch Daniels took office in 2005."