Three killers executed on same day in US for 2nd time this year

USA Today · , USA TODAY · 2026-11-06 00:27 UTC

Three executions in one day is rare in the modern era of the death penalty. Before this year, the last triple execution in the U.S. was 16 years ago.

Three executions in one day is rare in the modern era of the death penalty. Before this year, the last triple execution in the U.S. was 16 years ago.

Three states each executed death row inmates on Thursday, Nov. 5, marking the second such triple execution in the U.S. since August.

Indiana executed Jeffrey Weisheit, 50, by lethal injection for the 2010 murders of his girlfriend's two children, 8-year-old Alyssa Lynch and her 5-year-old brother, Caleb. Weisheit was pronounced dead at 12:45 a.m. local time on Thursday.

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