A death row inmate was executed via lethal injection on Tuesday (8 April) despite his legal team claiming he was too 'morbidly obese' to be killed. 48-year-old Michael Anthony Tanzi had been a ...

A morbidly obese killer’s final meal before he was executed by lethal injection has been revealed. Michael Tanzi was put to death just after 6pm on Tuesday evening at Florida State Prison in ...

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 ...

The video shows obese Americans working in 'sweatshop'-style factory conditions, with Chinese music playing in the background. The figures in the clip appear depressed and overworked. The video seems ...

RELATED: Florida Supreme Court Upholds Death Sentence For Michael A. Tanzi Tanzi’s legal team made last-minute attempts to halt the execution, arguing that his “morbid obesity” and sciatica ...

They filed a brief on March 24 stating that he was 'morbidly obese' and suffers from a nerve condition called sciatica. His lawyers argued that due to his obesity, the state's three-drug lethal ...

A “morbidly obese” convicted killer who kidnapped and strangled a Miami newspaper worker 25 years ago recited a Bible verse and munched on bacon, a candy bar and ice cream leading up to his ...

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 ...

The video shows morbidly obese Americans in sweatshops and factories performing low-skilled labor work with somber Chinese music playing in the background. Each 'American' in the video looks ...

Tanzi’s lawyers have argued that he shouldn't be executed because of his complicated health condition, describing him as a morbidly obese man with sciatica, a nerve condition they say affects ...