# Indiana, Florida and Alabama Carry Out Three Executions in One Day, the Second Triple Execution Day This Year, Fox News Reports

Fox News says Jeffrey Weisheit, Jesse Guardado and Michael Taylor were put to death Thursday. Florida matched its record of 19 executions in a year. The same day, California's governor said he wants to commute all 548 death sentences in his state.

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Three states carried out executions on Thursday, Fox News reports, the second day this year with three in the country.

The rarity. Fox says the first triple day this year was Aug. 13, when Oklahoma, Tennessee and Alabama executed inmates within hours of each other. Before that, the last day with three executions was Jan. 7, 2010.

Indiana. Jeffrey Weisheit, 50, was executed by lethal injection for a 2010 house fire that killed his girlfriend's two children, ages 8 and 5. He was pronounced dead at 12:45 a.m. at the Indiana State Prison in Michigan City. His lawyers had asked for more brain scans, citing head injuries and mental health problems, and raised concerns about a pharmacy supplying the drugs that faces a disciplinary hearing next week. Gov. Mike Braun denied the requests and said repeated state and federal reviews "have never resulted in an overturned sentence." Attorney General Todd Rokita called it "long-awaited justice" for the two children.

Florida. Jesse Guardado, 64, was executed after confessing and pleading guilty to fatally stabbing Jackie Malone, 75, in her home in 2004. She had helped him find a job and housing. He took her jewelry box and $80, Fox says, to fund a drug addiction. He was pronounced dead at 6:13 p.m. at Florida State Prison near Starke. Fox says this execution matched the state's record of 19 in one year, set last year, and that Florida accounts for more than half of the 35 executions carried out nationwide this year.

Alabama. Michael Taylor, 54, was executed for the 1991 beating deaths of Ivan and Lucille Moore with a metal bar during a robbery. A judge ruled against his lawyers' objections to the method. Taylor had asked for nitrogen gas and his lawyers sought to preserve that choice. Opponents urged Gov. Kay Ivey to commute the sentence because he was 19 at the time. She declined and called his actions "reprehensible." The victims' family said the 35-year wait meant "our family has had to live with the waiting, the delays, and the uncertainty."

Other context. Fox notes renewed scrutiny of lethal injection after a failed attempt in Tennessee in late September, when Christa Pike survived two doses of pentobarbital. It also says that on the same day, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced he is seeking to commute all 548 California death sentences to life without parole.

Why it matters here. We covered Newsom's plan on Thursday. Together the two stories show how far apart the states are on capital punishment.

What we could not check. We did not verify the execution times, the national count or the details of the court rulings. Fox's report draws on the Associated Press and on statements from officials and families.

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Original reporting: [Fox News](https://www.foxnews.com/us/indiana-florida-alabama-carry-out-rare-us-triple-execution-day)