US man who killed 2 children in house fire among 3 set to be executed on same day

Three US states were set to carry out executions on Thursday, with Indiana preparing to execute a man convicted of killing two children in a house fire, while Florida and Alabama also scheduled lethal injections, the Associated Press reported.The three executions would mark the second time this year that three people have been put to death on the same day.

The scheduled executions come amid renewed scrutiny of capital punishment following Tennessee's failed execution of Christa Pike last month, when she survived two doses of pentobarbital.Florida was set to carry out its 19th execution of the year, matching the state's record set in 2025 under Republican Governor Ron DeSantis.

Indiana, meanwhile, was preparing for its first execution of 2026.Indiana man convicted of killing girlfriend's two childrenJeffrey Weisheit, 50, was convicted of setting a fire that killed his girlfriend's children, aged eight and five, at a home near Evansville in 2010.