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Pence also wants other steps including providing law enforcement with “what they need” and more federal funding for school guards.

The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Terre Haute, asks a federal judge to allow the ministers to have physical contact with the men for whom they serve as spiritual advisors. They also want contact during their executions, if they occur.

William LeCroy was convicted of murdering and raping 30-year-old Joann Tisler in her Gilmer County, Georgia home in 2001. He then stole Tisler's car and…

A religious order plans to protest three upcoming executions at the federal penitentiary in Terre Haute.Members of the Sisters of Providence, St. Mary of…