印第安纳州州长周一拒绝了一项特赦请求，并表示本周计划的处决将按期进行，该死刑犯于2010年纵火烧死女友的两个孩子。
Indiana's governor turned down a clemency request Monday and said an execution planned for this week would go forward for a man who set a fire that killed his girlfriend's two children in 2010.
州长迈克·布劳恩表示，他将遵循印第安纳州假释委员会的建议，维持对杰弗里·韦斯海特的死刑判决。
Gov. Mike Braun said he would follow the Indiana Parole Board's recommendation to let the death sentence stand for Jeffrey Weisheit.
“印第安纳州矫正部将继续准备执行法院下令的死刑判决”，定于周四执行，共和党籍的布劳恩说。
“The Indiana Department of Correction will continue preparations to carry out the court-ordered sentence of execution” Thursday, said Braun, a Republican.
根据印第安纳州法律，韦斯海特有权请求布劳恩将其谋杀和纵火罪的死刑判决减为终身监禁。
Weisheit, 50, had a right under Indiana law to ask Braun to reduce the death sentence to a life sentence for his murder and arson convictions.
韦斯海特在10月16日的公开听证会上承认了罪行，但表示他想活下去，并在狱中改善其他人的生活。
Weisheit acknowledged his crimes during an Oct. 16 public hearing but said he wanted to live and improve the lives of other people in prison.
8岁的阿莉莎·林奇和5岁的卡莱布·林奇的遗骸从埃文斯维尔地区他们家中火灾的废墟里被发现。
The remains of 8-year-old Alyssa Lynch and 5-year-old Caleb Lynch were recovered from the ruins of a fire at their home in the Evansville area.
阿莉莎的遗体在衣柜里。卡莱布的遗体在床垫上，用胶带捆绑。一根铁路信号弹在他内裤里，另一根在他身体下面。
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.
孩子们的母亲丽莎·林奇案发时在上班。调查人员说，她与韦斯海特有恋爱关系，但关系正在破裂。
The children’s mother, Lisa Lynch, was at work at the time. She was in a relationship with Weisheit but it was breaking down, investigators said.
韦斯海特的律师称，他有头部受伤和心理健康问题的病史，在2013年的审判中未得到足够重视。另外，其法律团队还请求州长推迟处决，并审查州政府获取注射死刑药物的方式。
Weisheit's lawyers say he has a history of head injuries and mental health problems that didn’t get enough attention at his 2013 trial. Separately, his legal team has asked the governor to delay the execution and review how the state acquires drugs for lethal injections.
律师称，印第安纳州从一家受州检察长审查的药房购买了戊巴比妥。他们还引用了田纳西州最近克丽丝塔·派克处决失败一事，以及比尔·李州长在那里决定审查尝试注射死刑过程中发生的情况。
The lawyers said Indiana purchased pentobarbital from a pharmacy that is under scrutiny by the state attorney general. They also cited the recent failed execution of Christa Pike in Tennessee, and Gov. Bill Lee's decision there to review what happened during the attempted lethal injection.
但布劳恩的发言人格里芬·里德表示，“程序已经结束”。“我们依然对我们的程序以及我们人道地执行因谋杀两名无辜儿童而被依法判处的刑罚的能力充满信心，”印第安纳州矫正部表示。
But Braun spokesperson Griffin Reid said the “process is over.”“We remain confident in our process and our ability to humanely carry out the lawfully imposed sentence for the murders of two innocent children," the Indiana Department of Correction said.
本报道已更新，更正了州长发言人姓氏的拼写为 Reid，而非 Reed。
This story has been updated to correct the spelling of the last name of governor’s spokesperson to Reid, not Reed.