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Jury Recommends Death Penalty For Weisheit

Last updated on Saturday, June 22, 2013

(JEFFERSONVILLE) - A jury has recommended the death penalty against a convicted arsonist and murderer.

After five hours of deliberations, the jury unanimously recommended that Clark County Circuit Judge Dan Moore impose the death penalty against Jeffrey Weisheit. Weisheit was convicted Tuesday of setting fire to his girlfriend's Evansville home in April 2010, killing her two children.

Weisheit had plead not guilty to all charges.

The jury found that all aggravating circumstances made by the State outweighed any mitigating circumstances from Weisheit and his attorneys.

Judge Moore set a sentencing hearing for July 11. At that hearing, he will hear victim impact statements from Weisheit's family and friends, any comments or evidence from either side and will review a pre-sentencing investigation prepared by his probation staff.

If the judge does impose the death penalty, he will set an execution date at that hearing.

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