Southern Indiana Man on Death Row Asking for Delay in His Execution

Southern Indiana man on death row asking for delay in his execution

A southern Indiana man on death row is asking the state's high court to delay his execution.

Death row inmate requests neuroimaging ahead of scheduled execution

His attorneys contend that new imaging and quantitative analysis could help determine whether brain abnormalities predated his crimes and may relate to his criminal behavior.

Weisheit seeks execution delay for brain scans

INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana death row inmate Jeffrey Weisheit is asking the state’s highest court to move his execution from Nov. 5 to Nov. 19 so experts can analyze brain scans his attorneys say would give Gov. Mike Braun a fuller…

Jeffrey Weisheit asks highest Indiana court to postpone execution

Weisheit was sentenced to death in 2013 for the deaths of two children, 5-year-old Caleb and 8-year-old Alyssa Lynch, in Vanderburgh County.

Indiana death row inmate seeks execution delay for brain scans ahead of clemency hearings

Indiana death row inmate Jeffrey Weisheit is asking the state’s highest court to move his execution from Nov. 5 to Nov. 19 so experts can analyze brain scans his attorneys say would give Gov. Mike Braun a fuller account of his impairments before deciding clemency. A federal judge approved funding for the testing but ruled […]

Death row inmate seeks execution delay for brain scans ahead of clemency hearings