埃德·怀特报道——印第安纳州一名男子在一场房屋火灾中杀害了女友的两名孩子，州假释委员会周三建议维持其死刑判决，此时距离11月5日以注射方式执行死刑仅剩数日。
ED WHITE A death sentence for an Indiana man who killed his girlfriend’s two children in a house fire should remain in place, the state parole board recommended Wednesday, just days before a Nov. 5 execution by lethal injection.
根据印第安纳州法律，杰弗里·魏斯海特有权申请宽赦，并请求将其谋杀和纵火罪名改判为终身监禁。最终决定权掌握在州长迈克·布劳恩手中。
Jeffrey Weisheit has a right under Indiana law to seek clemency and ask for a life sentence for his murder and arson convictions. The final decision rests with Gov. Mike Braun.
假释委员会主席格温多琳·霍思在致布劳恩的信中写道：“我们一致建议您驳回杰弗里·魏斯海特的请求。”
“We unanimously recommend that you deny Jeffrey Weisheit’s request,” parole board chairperson Gwendolyn Horth wrote to Braun.
委员会听取了为期两天的证词，作证者包括魏斯海特本人、律师、孩子们的双亲，以及2010年事发时在埃文斯维尔那栋住宅现场的急救人员——当时，8岁的阿丽莎·林奇和5岁的凯莱布·林奇的遗体在火灾废墟中被发现。
The board heard two days of testimony from Weisheit, lawyers, the children’s parents and first responders who were at an Evansville home in 2010 when the bodies of 8-year-old Alyssa Lynch and 5-year-old Caleb Lynch were recovered in the fire ruins.
阿丽莎的遗体在一个衣柜里。凯莱布的遗体在一张床垫上，被胶带捆绑。他的内裤里插着一根铁路信号火炬，身下还压着另一根。
Alyssa’s body was in a closet. Caleb’s body was on a mattress, restrained with duct tape. A railroad flare was in his underwear and another was under his body.
“我所做的事没有任何借口或解释，”50岁的魏斯海特在10月16日说，并表示他希望活下去，在狱中改善他人的生活。
“There is no excuse or explanation for what I did,” Weisheit, 50, said on Oct. 16, adding that he wants to live and improve the lives of other people in prison.
孩子们的母亲丽莎·林奇在16年前火灾发生时正上班，当时她与魏斯海特处于恋爱关系中。
The children’s mother, Lisa Lynch, was in a relationship with him when the fire was set 16 years ago while she was at work.
印第安纳州总检察长办公室的律师泰勒·班克斯说，纵火之前，魏斯海特看中了一枚订婚戒指，但他与林奇的关系正在破裂。他辞掉了工作，从银行取走了钱，并取消了戒指订单，还对珠宝商说自己很快就要离开这个国家。
Before the fire, Weisheit had his eye on an engagement ring, but the relationship with Lynch was breaking down. He quit his job, withdrew money from the bank and canceled the ring order, telling the jeweler that he would soon leave the country, said lawyer Tyler Banks of the Indiana attorney general’s office.
“宽赦是留给那些表现出真诚悔意、真正珍视人的生命的人，”林奇通过视频对委员会说，“杀害我的孩子们这件事，没有丝毫仁慈、人性或悔意。”孩子们的父亲史蒂文·林奇表示，他愿意接受终身监禁。
“Clemency is meant for those who show genuine remorse and hold true value for human life,” Lynch told the board by video. “Nothing about the murder of my children showed mercy, humanity or remorse.”Their father, Steven Lynch, said he would accept a life sentence.
记者周三发邮件寻求魏斯海特的律师约瑟夫·佩尔科维奇就假释委员会的建议置评，但未立即收到回复。
An email seeking comment from Weisheit’s lawyer, Joseph Perkovich, about the parole board’s recommendation was not immediately returned Wednesday.
佩尔科维奇在10月19日向委员会发言时承认了这些“难以言说”的罪行，但表示魏斯海特有过头部受伤和精神健康问题的病史，而这些问题在他2013年的审判中没有得到足够重视。
Perkovich acknowledged the “unspeakable” crimes when he spoke to the board on Oct. 19 but said Weisheit has a history of head injuries and mental health problems that didn’t get enough attention at his 2013 trial.
委员会表示，他们考虑了有关魏斯海特精神健康的信息，但认定这些信息“并未使他的情况与绝大多数在押人员有太大区别”。
The board said it considered information about Weisheit’s mental health but found it “does not greatly distinguish his situation from a vast majority of incarcerated individuals.”