MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. - Joseph Corcoran was executed early Wednesday morning, according to the Indiana Department of Correction. In a statement, IDOC confirmed Corcoran was pronounced dead at 12:45 a.m. CST. Officials say the execution process started just after midnight. The Department of Correction issued this statement: "This morning, the Indiana Supreme Court’s order for the execution of Joseph Edward Corcoran was carried out. Corcoran was convicted and sentenced to death for the 1997 murders of his brother, James Corcoran; his sister’s fiancé, Robert Scott Turner; and two of their friends, Timothy Bricker and Douglass Stillwell. The execution process started shortly after 12:00 a.m. CST on December 18, 2024. Corcoran was pronounced dead at 12:44 a.m. CST on December 18, 2024. His last words were: “Not really. Let’s get this over with.” Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita issued this statement: "Early this morning, Indiana conducted its first execution since 2009. Joseph Corcoran's case worked its way through our judicial system and today he finally paid his debt to society as justice was provided to his victims. A jury recommended and a judge imposed a sentence of death for the senseless murders of four people. My office fought to defend that sentence and state law every step of the way, and the Indiana Department of Correction carried it out professionally." Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb issued a statement on the execution: “Joseph Corcoran’s case has been reviewed repeatedly over the last 25 years – including 7 times by the Indiana Supreme Court and 3 times by the U.S. Supreme Court, the most recent of which was tonight. His sentence has never been overturned and was carried out as ordered by the court.” The Indiana Department of Correction confirmed Corcoran requested "Ben and Jerry's" ice cream for his last meal. Corcoran was convicted of killing four people in Allen County in 1997 — his brother, James Corcoran; his sister's fiancé, Robert Scott Turner; and two Corcoran family friends, Timothy Bricker and Douglass Stillwell. Reporting from The Associated Press indicates Corcoran shot all four victims. At the time of the shooting, police believed Corcoran had been stressed because he likely would've had to move out of the home he shared with his sister had she married Turner. The State of Indiana set an execution date for Corcoran in September. Before Corcoran's execution date was set, Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb announced that the state had obtained pentobarbital — a drug commonly used when capital punishment is carried out via lethal injection. FOX59 and CBS4 submitted a records request to try to learn exactly how much it cost the State of Indiana to get pentobarbital. The request was approved but the cost of the drug, the party the state bought it from and the amount of it that was purchased were redacted from the documents officials provided. The state indicated the information needed to be redacted to comply with Indiana laws that grant anonymity to companies that sell drugs used for lethal injection. Under Indiana law, individuals who help the state carry out executions are also granted anonymity. Corcoran — who had been on death row since 1999 — is the first inmate to be executed by the State of Indiana since 2009, when Matthew Eric Wrinkles was put to death. Wrinkles was convicted of killing three people in 1994. While the state has not executed any prisoners over the last 14 years, capital punishment has still been carried out in Indiana. Since 2020, at least 13 executions have happened at the federal prison in Terre Haute. Since it first instituted capital punishment in 1894, the State of Indiana has executed 92 prisoners. In the state's 130-year history with capital punishment, its methods of execution have varied from hanging, to the electric chair to lethal injection. In a list of policies and procedures the state sent to media covering Corcoran's case, it was made clear that no reporters would be allowed to witness his execution. IDOC did, however, provide the following photos of the room the execution will be performed in: Corcoran's attorneys have taken action to keep him from being executed on Wednesday. Their efforts proved unfruitful. According to the AP, Corcoran's attorneys aren't the only ones who oppose the State of Indiana's push to execute him. The AP's report indicates one of Corcoran's sisters opposes his impending execution. In an interview with FOX59 and CBS4, a former attorney for Corcoran — Mark Thoma — questioned whether or not Corcoran is actually mentally fit to be executed. “I was always hoping that somewhere, someone along the lines in the judicial process would take a look at this and say ‘This is wrong,'" Thoma said. "We should not, as a society, be doing this to someone who is so clearly mentally ill.” Sam Adams, an attorney for Indiana Disability Rights, suggested the death penalty itself poses a threat to due process and the way the legal system functions in the U.S. “I think in any case when there is a question of whether an individual was afforded his rights to due process," Adams said, "the death penalty, which is permanent, it’s irrevocable, when there’s any question that an individual did not enjoy their full due process rights, there really should be a reluctance to impose such a final consequence.” In addition to Corcoran's sister, his attorneys and Thoma, Death Penalty Action, Journey of Hope, the Indiana Abolition Coalition and the Catholic Diocese of Gary have all offered strong opposition to Cocoran's execution. Right now, there are seven prisoners currently on death row in Indiana. In September, Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita announced that the state would be seeking an execution date for Benjamin Ritchie, a man convicted of killing a Beech Grove police officer in September 2000. A date has not yet been set for Ritchie's execution. More information on Corcoran's case is available here.