A 27-stone “fledgling serial killer” whose attorneys argued he was too obese for lethal injection has been executed. Florida State Prison carried out the death warrant on Michael Tanzi, nearly ...

A Florida death row inmate, whose appeal based on his "morbidly obese" weight was recently rejected by the Florida Supreme Court, was executed by lethal injection Tuesday night. Michael Tanzi ...

In a brief filed Monday, Tanzi’s lawyers described him as a “48-year-old morbidly obese” man who suffers from conditions such as sciatica, a nerve condition that affects his back.