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Indiana Executes Jeffrey Weisheit for 2010 Fire Deaths of Two Children
Indiana executed Jeffrey Weisheit early Thursday at the state prison in Michigan City after Gov. Mike Braun confirmed the sentence was carried…
Death penalty
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Indiana Supreme Court Denies Stay for Jeffrey Weisheit in 3-2 Vote
Indiana's top court refused 3-2 to delay Jeffrey Weisheit's lethal injection after his lawyers questioned where the state bought its execution drug.
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Supreme Court Hears Texas Case on Intellectual Disability and the Death Penalty
Guerrero v. Johnson asks how courts should apply the ban on executing people with intellectual disabilities. A ruling is expected by summer.