Michael Tanzi is scheduled to be executed in Florida on Tuesday for the 2000 murder of Janet Acosta. Tanzi's lawyers argued against the execution, citing developmental issues and health problems.

Tanzi was on death row for more than two decades for the 2000 murder of 49-year-old Janet Acosta, who was attacked in broad daylight on her lunch break, kidnapped, raped and strangled. The brutal ...

Michael Tanzi, 48, is scheduled to be executed Tuesday If it happens, this will be the 3rd execution in Florida this year and the 11th in the U.S. The execution comes 25 years after Tanzi ...

Michael Tanzi received a lethal injection and was pronounced dead at 6:12 p.m. at Florida State Prison for the April 2000 strangling of Janet Acosta, authorities said. In a final statement ...

I'm about to witness Michael Anthony Tanzi exhale for the final time as the government's retribution for kidnapping and killing 49-year-old Janet Acosta during a harrowing four-hour nightmare on ...

Michael Tanzi, 48, received a lethal injection and was pronounced dead at 6:12 p.m. at Florida State Prison. Michael Tanzi, left, sits in court during jury selection for sentencing in the murder ...

In court documents, lawyers for Michael Tanzi, 48, say he is morbidly obese and suffers from sciatica, a condition that causes pain along the back's sciatic nerve. Tanzi's lawyers argued that ...

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Convicted killer Michael Tanzi, 48, is set to be executed on April 8, unless the court intervenes. Convicted murderer Michael Tanzi, 48, is set to be executed on April 8. Tanzi has been on death ...

Florida is set to execute Death Row inmate Michael Tanzi on Tuesday for the murder of a beloved Miami Herald employee who was attacked on her lunch break. Tanzi, 48, is set to be executed by ...

Michael Tanzi, 48, was sentenced to death in 2003 for the slaying of Janet Acosta, a 49-year-old Miami Herald employee. "What we have here is a fledgling serial killer," Miami police Detective ...