印第安纳州马里恩县印第安纳波利斯市州长布劳恩政府10月29日拒绝死刑犯魏斯海特脑部扫描请求：假释委员会同日一致建议驳回减刑
印第安纳州州长迈克·布劳恩的政府10月29日决定，不允许死刑犯杰弗里·魏斯海特在预定下周执行死刑前接受额外的脑部扫描。布劳恩的总法律顾问斯蒂芬妮·弗利特纳本周三与魏斯海特的律师团队会面，讨论了检测事宜及其待决的减刑请求，但政府最终未予放行。魏斯海特的律师约瑟夫·佩尔科维奇此前致信布劳恩，请求将魏斯海特送往密歇根城的方济各健康中心接受核磁共振与正电子扫描，以便宾夕法尼亚大学神经心理学家鲁本·古尔评估其脑损伤是否早于2010年杀害8岁的阿丽莎·林奇和5岁的凯莱布姐弟案。印第安纳波利斯精神科医生R·安德鲁·钱伯斯也支持这一请求，认为现代影像有助于区分早年损伤与魏斯海特被捕时所受的伤。印第安纳州最高法院上周拒绝推迟魏斯海特11月5日的执行或下令送其检测，但表示行政部门无需法院批准即可授权扫描。同为本周三，印第安纳州假释委员会一致建议布劳恩驳回将死刑减为终身监禁的请求。布劳恩尚未宣布最终的减刑决定。
Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana: Governor Braun's Administration Rejects Death Row Inmate Weisheit's Brain Scan Request on Oct. 29: Parole Board Unanimously Recommended Denying Clemency the Same Week
Indiana Governor Mike Braun's administration decided on October 29 not to allow death row inmate Jeffrey Weisheit to undergo additional brain scans before his execution scheduled for the following week. Braun's general counsel, Stephanie Flittner, met with Weisheit's legal team on Wednesday to discuss the testing and his pending clemency request, but the administration ultimately did not approve it. Weisheit's attorney Joseph Perkovich had written to Braun requesting that Weisheit be transported to Franciscan Health in Michigan City for MRI and PET scans, so that University of Pennsylvania neuropsychologist Ruben Gur could assess whether Weisheit's brain injuries preceded his 2010 murders of 8-year-old Alyssa Lynch and her 5-year-old brother Caleb. Indianapolis psychiatrist R. Andrew Chambers also supported the request, saying modern imaging could help distinguish earlier injuries from one Weisheit suffered during his arrest. The Indiana Supreme Court last week refused to postpone Weisheit's November 5 execution or order his transport for testing, but said the executive branch could authorize the scans without court approval. Also on Wednesday, the Indiana Parole Board unanimously recommended that Braun deny the request to commute the death sentence to life in prison. Braun has not yet announced his final clemency decision.
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