LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Republicans in Indiana's state legislature are working to ban the death penalty.
Several Republican lawmakers have filed a bill that would repeal Indiana's death penalty next year.
It comes right after the state executed death row inmate Joseph Corcoran last week. His execution was the first in 15 years in Indiana.
The sponsors of the bill said preventing innocent people from being executed is the top concern.
"Executing an innocent person, that chance is never zero," Republican Rep. Jake Teshka said. "I have tremendous sympathy for victims in these situations, but ultimately think that the death penalty is unnecessary."
If passed, the bill would also commute the sentences of all current death row inmates to life without parole.
Indiana's General Assembly reconvenes Jan. 8.
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