Indiana, Florida and Alabama Execute 3 Inmates as Newsom Moves to Commute 548 California Death Sentences
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Updated · Fox News · Nov 6
Indiana, Florida and Alabama Execute 3 Inmates as Newsom Moves to Commute 548 California Death Sentences
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Nov 6
Summary
Three states executed inmates within hours on Thursday—the second U.S. triple execution day of 2026—while California Gov. Gavin Newsom said he will seek to commute all 548 death sentences in his state.
Indiana put Jeffrey Weisheit, 50, to death after Gov. Mike Braun rejected requests for more brain scans and clemency, despite defense objections over his head injuries, mental health and the source of execution drugs.
Florida executed Jesse Guardado, 64, in a case tied to a 2004 robbery-murder, bringing the state to 19 executions this year—matching last year's record and accounting for more than half of the nation's 35 executions.
Alabama executed Michael Taylor, 54, for a 1991 double murder after a judge rejected challenges to lethal injection and Gov. Kay Ivey declined to commute his sentence despite arguments about his age at the time of the crime.
The executions landed amid renewed scrutiny of lethal injection after Tennessee's failed September attempt on Christa Pike, even as Newsom argued executions are incompatible with California's values and legal system.