A Herald employee was brutally murdered 25 years ago. Her killer is set to be executed
Michael Tanzi is scheduled to be executed at Florida State Prison on Tuesday, almost 25 years after killing Miami Herald ...
WPLG Local 104d
Execution nears for man convicted in Miami Herald employee’s murder in Florida Keys
Nearly 25 years after Janet Acosta, a beloved Miami Herald employee, was kidnapped and killed, her convicted murderer, ...
Florida Justices refuse to halt Michael Tanzi execution
The Florida Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to block the scheduled April 8 execution of Michael Tanzi for the 2000 murder of a woman ...
The Mirror US on MSN4d
Death row killer 'too obese' for execution as lawyers argue it would cause 'needless suffering'
Michael Tanzi, 48, who was found guilty of murdering Janet Acosta, 49, in 2003, is set to face the ultimate punishment on ...
Death row inmate's lawyers argue that client is too obese for lethal injection
A death row inmate's lawyers filed documents requesting that their client be exempt from lethal injection due to his morbid obesity.
Daily Star on MSN6d
Sicko murderer 'too obese' to be executed as lawyers say it would cause 'needless suffering'
Michael Tanzi, 48, who was found guilty of murdering Janet Acosta, 49, in 2003, is set to face the ultimate punishment on ...
AOL6d
Lawyers for 'morbidly obese' Florida death row inmate argue his weight could cause botched lethal injection
In Florida, executions must be carried out by lethal injection or electric chair. Tanzi was convicted of kidnapping Janet ...
Florida death row inmate’s lawyers argue he shouldn’t be executed because he’s ‘morbidly obese’
The morbidly obese killer’s defense team argued his planned lethal injection would violate the Eighth Amendment, which protects against forms of cruel and unusual punishment.
Florida Justices weigh execution of ‘Morbidly Obese’ death row inmate
Gov. Ron DeSantis on March 10 signed a death warrant for Tanzi, who was convicted in the April 2000 murder of Janet Acosta.
UNILAD7d
Death row inmate claims execution method could cause ‘needless suffering’ in attempt to prevent it
"The existing protocols for lethal injection do not contemplate the execution of someone with obesity and uncontrolled medical conditions, like Mr. Tanzi's, that are likely to complicate the lethal ...
Florida death row inmate says his morbid obesity would 'complicate' lethal injection, wants leniency
A Florida death row inmate who was convicted of kidnapping and killing a woman in 2000 is asking the court to show him ...