The 48-year-old was convicted of first-degree murder, carjacking, kidnapping, and armed robbery. A Monroe County jury ...

Twenty-five years after confessing to the brutal rape and murder of Miami Herald employee Janet Acosta, Michael Tanzi is ...

Michael Tanzi, 48, who faces execution for murdering Janet Acosta, 49, may be spared the death penalty due to his obesity and ...

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.

Future death row inmates might have that choice if a bill ... a Jacksonville railroad engineer during a burglary. Florida’s current three-legged electric chair, nicknamed “Old Sparky ...