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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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Originally published by The Guardian as “Indiana puts man to death as three US executions to be carried out on same day”.