Three executions scheduled for same day across US states
Summarised from 2 outlets · 4 reports · Updated 5 Nov, 23:21 · Archive
Indiana, Florida and Alabama are scheduled to carry out lethal injections on Thursday.
Three states are scheduled to carry out executions on Thursday. Indiana executed Jeffrey Weisheit, 50, for killing his girlfriend's two children in a house fire in the Evansville area in 2010. He was pronounced dead at 12:45 a.m. at the state prison in Michigan City. Weisheit had acknowledged the killings but hoped Republican Gov. Mike Braun would grant clemency and change his sentence to life in prison. Braun declined both clemency and a request allowing Weisheit to undergo brain scans to support his lawyers' argument that he had a history of head injuries and mental health problems.
Florida and Alabama were set to execute two more men later Thursday for killing older adults during home robberies. Florida's execution would be its 19th this year under Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, matching a record set by the state in 2025. Florida has carried out more than half of the 33 executions in the United States so far this year.
The trio of executions came as California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced he will commute all 548 death sentences in his state, saying that state-sanctioned killing is incompatible with California's values. The executions take place as the death penalty faces renewed scrutiny following Tennessee's failed execution of Christa Pike in September, although courts have rejected efforts to halt other executions since she survived two lethal doses of pentobarbital.
How it is being reported
- 2 more executions set in Florida and Alabama, hours after lethal injection in IndianaFlorida and Alabama plan to execute two men for killing older adults during home robberies.News4Jax · 5 Nov, 16:42
- 2 more executions set in Florida and Alabama, hours after lethal injection in IndianaFlorida and Alabama plan to execute two men for killing older adults during home robberies.Clickorlando · 5 Nov, 16:42
- 3 executions scheduled for the same day in Indiana, Florida and AlabamaFlorida, Indiana and Alabama are scheduled to carry out executions Thursday.Clickorlando · 4 Nov, 23:09
- 3 executions scheduled for the same day in Indiana, Florida and AlabamaFlorida, Indiana and Alabama are scheduled to carry out executions Thursday.News4Jax · 4 Nov, 23:09
In this story: Jeffrey Weisheit · Ron DeSantis · Mike Braun · Gavin Newsom · Christa Pike · Indiana · Florida · Alabama
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