印第安纳州长称11月死刑将按计划执行 尽管田纳西州注射死刑出现事故
据Indiana Public Media报道，印第安纳州州长迈克·布劳恩10月14日表示，尽管外界对注射死刑药物提出关切，他预计该州仍将按计划在下月执行一名死囚的死刑。
印第安纳州使用的药物与田纳西州上月一次未遂执行中所用的药物相同：9月30日，田纳西州对死囚克里斯塔·派克注射了两剂戊巴比妥却未能致死，派克数日后在Nashville一家医院恢复意识。布劳恩表示，这一事件确实令人对执行过程产生迟疑，但只要州政府能够获得注射药物戊巴比妥的供应，印第安纳州对韦斯海特的执行仍将按计划推进。
韦斯海特因2010年在埃文斯维尔杀害两名儿童被判死刑，执行定于11月5日在印第安纳州立监狱进行。其律师正请求州最高法院推迟执行，以便进行新的脑部扫描，并称扫描可能揭示脑损伤证据。州假释委员会已就该案安排赦免听证。布劳恩表示，他将考虑韦斯海特方面提供的新信息，但目前不打算推迟执行。
（来源：Indiana Public Media 报道）
Indiana Governor Says November Execution Will Move Forward Despite Botched Lethal Injection in Tennessee
Indiana Governor Mike Braun said on October 14 that he expects the state to follow through on plans to execute a death row prisoner next month despite concerns over the lethal injection drug, Indiana Public Media reported.
Indiana uses the same drug Tennessee administered last month in a botched execution attempt: on September 30, two doses of pentobarbital failed to kill death row inmate Christa Pike, who regained consciousness days later in a Nashville hospital. Braun said the Tennessee incident does give him pause, but that Indiana's planned execution of Weisheit will move forward as long as state officials can obtain a supply of pentobarbital.
Weisheit was sentenced to death for the murders of two children in 2010 in Evansville, and his execution is set for November 5 at the Indiana State Prison. His attorneys are asking the state supreme court to delay the execution to allow time for new brain scans, which they say could reveal evidence of brain injury. The state parole board has scheduled clemency hearings in the case. Braun said he will consider new information provided by Weisheit but does not want to delay the execution.
(Source: Indiana Public Media)
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