Indiana governor says execution will go ahead Thursday against man who killed 2 kids
Weisheit’s lawyers sought a delay over execution drug concerns, while the state said it paid $275,000 for the lethal injection drugs.
- On Monday, Indiana Gov. Mike Braun denied clemency for Jeffrey Weisheit, 50, rejecting his request for life without parole. The Indiana Department of Correction continues preparations for his execution scheduled before sunrise Thursday at Indiana State Prison.
- Weisheit was convicted in 2012 of setting a 2010 arson fire in Evansville that killed his fiancée's children, 8-year-old Alyssa Lynch and 5-year-old Caleb Lynch. The Indiana Parole Board unanimously recommended denying clemency last week.
- Defense attorneys argued that Weisheit's history of head injuries and mental health problems did not receive adequate attention at his 2013 trial. They sought to reduce his sentence to life in prison without parole.
- The DOC paid $275,000 for execution drugs from a pharmacy under scrutiny by the state attorney general, prompting legal counsel to request a reprieve to investigate drug procurement and lethal injection safeguards.
- Citing the recent failed execution of Christa Pike in Tennessee, attorneys urged a review of lethal injection protocols. Spokesperson Griffin Reid stated the "process is over" and officials remain confident in their ability to carry out the sentence.
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Indiana governor says execution will go ahead Thursday against man who
Indiana’s governor turned down a clemency request Monday and said an execution planned for this week would go forward for a man who set a fire that killed his girlfriend’s two children in 2010. Gov. Mike Braun
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Indiana governor says execution will go ahead Thursday against man who killed 2 kids
Indiana’s governor turned down a clemency request and says an execution planned for Thursday will go forward against a man who killed his girlfriend’s two children in 2010.
Indiana governor denies death row inmate clemency ahead of Thursday execution
Gov. Mike Braun denied clemency Monday to death row inmate Jeffrey Weisheit, rejecting his request for life without parole three days before his scheduled execution for murdering two children. “I am accepting the Parole Board’s unanimous recommendation to deny clemency for Jeffrey Weisheit,” Braun said in a statement. “The Indiana Department of Correction will continue […]
Braun Accepts Parole Board Recommendation Denying Weisheit Clemency
EVANSVILLE, Ind. — Indiana Gov. Mike Braun said he has accepted the recommendation from the Indiana Parole Board to deny clemency for Jeffrey Weisheit. Weisheit was convicted of killing 5-year-old Caleb Lynch and 8-year-old Alyssa Lynch in Evansville in 2010 after setting a house on fire and leading police on a chase into Kentucky. Gov. […]
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