Michael Tanzi, convicted nearly 25 years ago for the murder of Janet Acosta, a Miami Herald employee, is slated for execution ...

The Florida Supreme Court on Tuesday, April 1, refused to block the scheduled April 8 execution of Michael Tanzi for the 2000 ...

The Florida Supreme Court has upheld the death sentence of Michael A. Tanzi, who was convicted of the 2000 murder of Janet ...

Michael Tanzi, 48, who was found guilty of murdering Janet Acosta, 49, in 2003, is set to face the ultimate punishment on ...

If a corrections bill in the Florida Legislature passes, the state could see death row prisoners executed by firing squad or ...

Congo’s president has commuted the death sentences of three Americans convicted on charges of participating in a botched coup ...

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi said she directed prosecutors to seek the death penalty against the alleged killer of  Brian ...

A death row inmate's lawyers filed documents requesting that their client be exempt from lethal injection due to his morbid obesity.

Jeffrey Hutchinson received three death sentences and one life sentence after being convicted of murdering his girlfriend and ...

Florida leads the nation in death row exonerations, where people on death row have later been found innocent of their crimes.

Lawyers for a Florida man on death row are seeking to halt his execution set for next week, arguing that his obesity could lead to a botched lethal injection.

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.