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Mom of kids killed by death row inmate asks Parole Board to deny clemency

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INDIANAPOLIS — The mother of two children killed by an inmate asked for his execution, as the Indiana Parole Board held its final clemency hearing Monday for death row inmate Jeffrey Weisheit. Weisheit is scheduled to die by lethal injection Nov.

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  1. Eyewitness News (WEHT/WTVW)

    Convicted Evansville child killer asks to have life spared weeks before execution (opens Eyewitness News (WEHT/WTVW))

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    Eyewitness News (WEHT/WTVW)'s feed description

    HENDERSON, Ky. (WEHT) -- Convicted child killer Jeffrey Weisheit appeared before the Indiana Parole Board today seeking clemency, asking that his death sentence be reduced to life in prison. In 2013, Jeffrey Weisheit was convicted of setting a house on fire, killing his then-girlfriend's young daugh…

  2. FOX 59 Indianapolis

    Convicted murderer of two children seeks clemency from death row (opens FOX 59 Indianapolis)

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    INDIANAPOLIS — Jeffrey Weisheit faces a November 5th execution date for the murders of two children in a 2010 Evansville house fire but is seeking a clemency recommendation from the Indiana Parole Board.

  3. WISH-TV Indianapolis

    ‘Profoundly mentally ill’: Attorney for convicted child killer discusses clemency case (opens WISH-TV Indianapolis)

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    INDIANAPOLIS – The attorney for convicted child killer Jeffrey Weisheit will attempt to convince the Indiana Parole Board that his client should avoid execution during a public clemency hearing on Monday, Oct. 19. Weisheit is scheduled to die by lethal injection on Nov.

  4. Eyewitness News (WEHT/WTVW)

    WATCH: Clemency hearings begin with statements from family of Jeffrey Weisheit (opens Eyewitness News (WEHT/WTVW))

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    Eyewitness News (WEHT/WTVW)'s feed description

    HENDERSON, Ky. (WEHT) - The public has a chance to argue both for and against clemency for the Evansville man convicted of killing two children in 2010. Jeffrey Weisheit is on death row for killing 8-year-old Alyssa and 5-year-old Caleb Lynch.

  5. FOX 59 Indianapolis

    Indiana Parole Board hears clemency plea for convicted child killer (opens FOX 59 Indianapolis)

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    FOX 59 Indianapolis's feed description

    INDIANAPOLIS -- The Indiana Parole Board is midway through its clemency hearing for Jeffrey Allen Weisheit, the convicted killer of two children in an intentionally set house fire in Evansville in 2010.

  6. WISH-TV Indianapolis

    Mom of kids killed by death row inmate asks Parole Board to deny clemency (opens WISH-TV Indianapolis)

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    WISH-TV Indianapolis's feed description

    INDIANAPOLIS — The mother of two children killed by an inmate asked for his execution, as the Indiana Parole Board held its final clemency hearing Monday for death row inmate Jeffrey Weisheit. Weisheit is scheduled to die by lethal injection Nov.