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Indiana, Florida and Alabama execute three inmates on one day
Fox News reports that Indiana, Florida and Alabama each executed one inmate on Thursday, the second same-day triple execution in the U.S. this year.
The short version
- Indiana, Florida and Alabama each executed one inmate on Thursday, the second same-day triple execution in the U.S. this year.[Fox News]
- Indiana executed Jeffrey Weisheit for a 2010 house fire that killed two children, after Gov. Mike Braun denied requests for more brain scans and a commutation appeal.[Fox News]
- Florida executed Jesse Guardado for a 2004 fatal stabbing, and Alabama executed Michael Taylor for 1991 murders of an older couple.[Fox News]
- Florida's execution matched its state record of 19 executions in one year, while Alabama's governor declined to commute Taylor's sentence.[Fox News]
Key facts
- Indiana, Florida and Alabama each put one inmate to death on Thursday, the second same-day triple execution in the U.S. this year.[Fox News]
- Indiana executed Jeffrey Weisheit, 50, at 12:45 a.m. at Indiana State Prison for a 2010 house fire that killed his girlfriend's two children.[Fox News]
- Indiana Gov. Mike Braun denied requests for additional brain scans and an appeal to commute Weisheit's sentence to life in prison.[Fox News]
- Florida executed Jesse Guardado, 64, by lethal injection for the 2004 fatal stabbing of a 75-year-old woman.[Fox News]
- Florida's execution of Guardado matched the state's record of 19 inmates put to death in a single year, set last year.[Fox News]
- Alabama executed Michael Taylor, 54, for the 1991 murders of an older couple who were beaten with a metal bar during a robbery.[Fox News]
- Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey declined requests to commute Taylor's sentence to life in prison.[Fox News]
What remains uncertain
- These details rest solely on Fox News reporting and have not been independently confirmed in the provided sources.[Fox News]
Sources
Outlet counts describe coverage, not independent confirmation. Reports may share a wire service or original source.
- Indiana, Florida and Alabama carry out rare US triple execution dayFox News - US News
- 3 executions scheduled for the same day in Indiana, Florida and AlabamaABC News - US News
- 3 executions scheduled for the same day in Indiana, Florida and AlabamaAssociated Press
- 2 more executions set in Florida and Alabama, hours after lethal injection in IndianaAssociated Press
- Indiana puts man to death as three US executions to be carried out on same dayThe Guardian - US
- Indiana executes first of three men scheduled to die Thursday across U.S.The Washington Post - National metered