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Questions raised over state maneuvers to carry out overnight execution

Headline from FOX 59 Indianapolis, on the newest of 2 developments

MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. -- Jeffrey Weisheit was executed at the Indiana State Prison in Michigan City overnight. ”I can confirm that early today Jeffrey Weisheit was executed by lethal injection. His time of death was 12:45. He had no final words.

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Developments in this update

2 dated developments, oldest first, newest marked. Each is named by one outlet's own headline; open its reports to see every outlet that covered it.

  1. Indiana man Jeffrey Weisheit is set to face execution for 2010 child murders

    Headline from WGN Chicago ·

  2. Newest

    Questions raised over state maneuvers to carry out overnight execution

    Headline from FOX 59 Indianapolis ·

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  1. Eyewitness News (WEHT/WTVW)

    Indiana prepares for Jeffrey Weisheit execution (opens Eyewitness News (WEHT/WTVW))

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    Eyewitness News (WEHT/WTVW)'s feed description

    Right now, the execution is set for early Thursday morning.

  2. WGN Chicago

    Indiana man Jeffrey Weisheit is set to face execution for 2010 child murders (opens WGN Chicago)

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    WGN Chicago's feed description

    The death penalty has faced renewed scrutiny following Tennessee’s failed execution of Christa Pike, although courts have rejected efforts to halt other executions since she survived two lethal doses of pentobarbital last month.

  3. Eyewitness News (WEHT/WTVW)

    Jeffrey Weisheit Executed For 2010 Murders of 2 Children (opens Eyewitness News (WEHT/WTVW))

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    Eyewitness News (WEHT/WTVW)'s feed description

    HENDERSON, Ky. (WEHT)--Jeffrey Weisheit, the Evansville man convicted of killing 2 children by setting fire to a home, has been executed. Prison officials in Michigan City confirmed the lethal injection was carried out early Thursday morning.

  4. FOX 59 Indianapolis

    Weisheit executed by lethal injection in Michigan City (opens FOX 59 Indianapolis)

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    FOX 59 Indianapolis's feed description

    MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. -- Convicted child killer Jeffrey Weisheit was put to death at the Indiana State Prison in Michigan City overnight. Weisheit spent 13 years on death row after his conviction for killing two children in Evansville.

  5. WISH-TV Indianapolis

    Convicted child killer Jeffrey Weisheit dead after lethal injection (opens WISH-TV Indianapolis)

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    WISH-TV Indianapolis's feed description

    MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. (WISH) — Indiana death row inmate Jeffrey Weisheit died by lethal injection inside the Indiana State Prison at 12:45 am CST, Thursday Nov. 5, more than 15 years after he murdered 8-year-old Alyssa Lynch and 5-year-old Caleb Lynch in a Vanderburgh County arson.

  6. ABC 7 Chicago

    Indiana executes Jeffrey Weisheit, man convicted of killing 2 children (opens ABC 7 Chicago)

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    ABC 7 Chicago's feed description

    An Indiana man who admitted killing his girlfriend's two children was executed early Thursday.

  7. FOX 59 Indianapolis

    Questions raised over state maneuvers to carry out overnight execution (opens FOX 59 Indianapolis)

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    FOX 59 Indianapolis's feed description

    MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. -- Jeffrey Weisheit was executed at the Indiana State Prison in Michigan City overnight. ”I can confirm that early today Jeffrey Weisheit was executed by lethal injection. His time of death was 12:45. He had no final words.

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