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Indiana executes Jeffrey Weisheit as two more US killings are scheduled
Indiana executed Jeffrey Weisheit on Thursday, while Florida and Alabama planned executions later the same day. The three executions drew renewed attention to capital punishment in the US, already under scrutiny after Christa Pike survived a failed execution in Tennessee in September.
Weisheit, 50, was put to death shortly after midnight in Indiana; he had admitted killing his girlfriend’s two children in a 2010 house fire and had sought clemency. Florida’s Jesse Guardado and Alabama’s Michael Taylor were also scheduled for lethal injection. If both proceed, Florida will reach 19 executions this year, matching its 2025 record; the state has carried out more than half of the 32 US executions so far this year.
In short
- Indiana executed Jeffrey Weisheit shortly after midnight.
- Florida and Alabama planned executions later on Thursday.
- Florida’s total could reach 19 this year, matching its record.
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The case for
Supporters argue that the death penalty can be a proportionate punishment for exceptionally grave crimes, such as the deliberate killing of children, and may give victims’ families a sense that justice has been done. They also maintain that states should be able to carry out lawful sentences after extensive court review, rather than leave them unresolved indefinitely.
The case against
Opponents argue that execution is irreversible, so any error or unequal application of the law cannot be remedied, and that the recent failed execution in Tennessee underlines the risk of serious suffering. They also question whether the state should take life as punishment, even for the gravest crimes, and favour life imprisonment as a way to protect the public without execution.
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Originally published by The Guardian as “Indiana puts man to death as three US executions to be carried out on same day”.