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Indiana Parole Board weighs clemency for death row inmate Jeffrey Weisheit
PN Team • 2 weeks ago
The Indiana Parole Board held a clemency hearing for Jeffrey Allen Weisheit, sentenced to death for the 2010 murders of 5-year-old Caleb Lynch and 9-year-old Alyssa Lynch in an intentionally set house fire in Evansville. Weisheit hogtied and gagged Caleb before starting the blaze, then fled police in a high-speed chase into Kentucky. Family members described childhood signs of ADHD and bipolar disorder, and his attorney said the children's family has forgiven him. The defense is also seeking a delay to conduct a brain scan and await results of a Tennessee review into a botched execution using similar drugs. The board will recommend a decision to Gov. Braun, who has not intervened in prior executions.
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