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Jeffrey Weisheit’s Execution Set | Fort Wayne News
Indiana’s Supreme Court has set November fifth for the execution of Jeffrey Weisheit, convicted in 2013 for orchestrating the fatal house fire that killed eight-year-old Alyssa Lynch and her five-year-old brother Caleb in 2010. This marks Indiana’s fourth execution since resuming capital punishment less than two years ago. Weisheit’s defense argues he suffers from severe mental illness and brain damage, and questions the state’s ability to secure lethal injection drugs—though the court dismissed these as irrelevant to scheduling. His attorneys plan to pursue clemency and additional legal…
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