Lawyers for convicted murderer Michael Tanzi say that his weight and health conditions could cause a lethal injection ...

Tanzi’s lawyers argue the state’s lethal-injection procedure would violate the constitutional ban on cruel and unusual ...

People sentenced to death in Florida could be executed by firing squads, nitrogen gas or other methods under a bill that ...

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.

Lawyers for a Florida death row inmate Michael Tanzi seek to delay his execution due to his morbid obesity, arguing that it ...

Pointing to his obesity and other medical conditions, lawyers for Death Row inmate Michael Tanzi are trying to halt his ...

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.

Edward Thomas James is scheduled to die by lethal injection on Thursday, about seven hours after the scheduled execution of ...

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

A Florida man who killed an 8-year-old girl and her grandmother on a night in which he drank heavily and used drugs has been ...