Indiana man executed in first of three U.S. lethal injections set for same day

An Indiana man who admitted killing two children in a house fire has been put to death. He was executed by lethal injection, the first of three scheduled for the same day in the U.S., according to the Associated Press. Two more lethal injections were still on the calendar for that day.

The killings took place in a house fire. The man admitted to causing the deaths, which is what put him on death row and ultimately in the execution chamber.

What made the day stand out was the schedule itself. Three lethal injections were set for the same day in the U.S., an unusually heavy stack of executions landing on one date, with this Indiana case going first, per AP.

The remaining two executions were still pending. The day's full tally will depend on whether those proceed as scheduled.