Florida, Alabama and Indiana Set 3 Executions for Thursday as Lethal Injection Scrutiny Deepens
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Updated · Fox News · Nov 5
Florida, Alabama and Indiana Set 3 Executions for Thursday as Lethal Injection Scrutiny Deepens
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Nov 5
Summary
Three condemned inmates — Jesse Guardado in Florida, Michael Taylor in Alabama and Jeffrey Weisheit in Indiana — are scheduled to be executed Thursday, marking the second day in 2026 with 3 executions across states.
Florida's execution would be its 19th of 2026, tying last year's record, as Gov. Ron DeSantis has accelerated death warrants and the state again accounts for more than half of U.S. executions this year.
Alabama cleared Taylor's execution after a judge rejected objections to lethal injection and Gov. Kay Ivey denied clemency, while Indiana's Gov. Mike Braun rejected requests for more brain scans and sentence commutation for Weisheit.
The executions proceed under renewed pressure on lethal injection protocols after Tennessee inmate Christa Pike survived 2 doses of pentobarbital in a failed September execution, prompting a fight to preserve medical and physical evidence.