INDIANAPOLIS (WOWO) — Indiana is refusing to authorize additional brain scans for death row inmate Jeffrey Weisheit, whose execution remains scheduled for next week as Gov. Mike Braun considers his request for clemency. Braun’s general counsel, Stephanie Flittner, met Wednesday with Weisheit’s legal team to discuss the proposed medical testing and his pending clemency petition. The administration ultimately declined to authorize the scans, despite weeks of efforts by attorneys to obtain additional medical evidence. Weisheit’s attorney, Joseph Perkovich, had asked the state to transport his client to Franciscan Health in Michigan City for MRI and PET scans. The results would be reviewed by University of Pennsylvania neuropsychologist Ruben Gur to determine whether Weisheit suffered brain injuries before the 2010 murders of 8-year-old Alyssa Lynch and her 5-year-old brother, Caleb. Indianapolis psychiatrist R. Andrew Chambers also supported the request. He said modern imaging could help distinguish any earlier brain injuries from an injury Weisheit suffered during his arrest. The defense argues the additional evidence could be important to Braun’s clemency decision, contending jurors did not have reliable scientific information about the extent of Weisheit’s injuries and their possible effects on his behavior when they sentenced him to death. The Indiana Supreme Court rejected Weisheit’s request last week to delay his execution or order the state to transport him for testing. However, the justices said the governor’s administration could authorize the scans without court approval. The Indiana Parole Board unanimously recommended Wednesday that Braun reject Weisheit’s request to have his death sentence commuted to life in prison. Braun has not announced his final decision. Weisheit, 50, was sentenced to death in 2013 for killing the two children in a house fire near Evansville. His execution is scheduled before sunrise November 5 at Indiana State Prison in Michigan City. Questions also remain about the state’s supply of execution drugs. The Indiana Department of Correction released an invoice for $275,000 in execution drugs earlier this month but has not provided an updated inventory record confirming their receipt. Previous records showed no pentobarbital remained after Indiana’s October 2025 execution. A separate informal request for a temporary reprieve is also pending before Braun. That request raises concerns about Indiana’s lethal injection procedures. A reprieve would temporarily delay the execution but would not overturn Weisheit’s death sentence. The governor’s clemency decision and the unresolved questions surrounding the state’s execution procedures remain significant developments as the scheduled execution date approaches. The post Indiana execution remains on schedule after governor rejects brain scan request appeared first on WOWO News/Talk 92.3 FM and 1190 AM. ...read more read less