Michael Tanzi Execution: Florida Prepares to Put ‘Morbidly Obese’ Inmate to Death
Almost 25 years to the day he abducted, assaulted and murdered a Miami woman relaxing on her lunch break, Michael Anthony Tanzi is set to pay for his crime with his life, in an execution that his lawyers, activists and religious officials say should not be carried due, in part, to the condemned inmate’s size. […]
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Did Jessie Hoffman Jr. Have Any Final Words Before Louisiana Execution?
Louisiana executed Jessie Hoffman Jr. by nitrogen gas Tuesday night, becoming the second state to ever use the new method. Newsweek reached out to the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections via email for comment. Why It Matters Hoffman’s execution marks Louisiana’s first in 15 years as well as the Bayou State’s first time […]
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Carey Dale Grayson Final Words Before Alabama Execution
Alabama carried out the nation’s third execution using nitrogen gas Thursday evening. The state executed Carey Dale Grayson, 50, at 6 p.m. CST. / 7 p.m. EST. Authorities condemned him to death for the 1994 killing of 37-year-old Vickie Deblieux. After the prison warden read the death warrant, the warden pointed the microphone at Grayson […]
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Richard Moore’s Final Words Before South Carolina Execution
South Carolina inmate Richard Moore was executed by lethal injection on Friday for the 1999 murder of a convenience store clerk, despite widespread appeals for clemency. Moore was the second person to be executed in the state in just over a month after a 13-year pause, prompted by difficulty obtaining drugs for its lethal injection […]
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