Indiana executes man as three US lethal injections fall on the same day

Indiana put Jeffrey Weisheit to death early Thursday, the first of three lethal injections the US was scheduled to carry out that day.

• Weisheit, 50, was pronounced dead at 12:45 a.m. at Indiana State Prison in Michigan City.
• Florida and Alabama were scheduled to execute Jesse Guardado and Michael Taylor later Thursday by lethal injection.
• Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita said the execution delivered "long-awaited justice" for the two murdered children.
• Florida's execution would be its 19th this year under Governor Ron DeSantis, matching a record the state set in 2025.