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

Lawyers for a death row inmate in Florida are trying to stay his execution next week, arguing that it would be unconstitutional given the prisoner’s morbid obesity, which could complicate his planned ...

Lawyers for a Florida murderer on death row are trying to halt his scheduled execution, saying his weight and health conditions could lead to a botched lethal injection. In court documents ...

James was executed by lethal injection for the brutal 1993 murders of 58-year-old Elizabeth "Betty" Dick and her 8-year-old granddaughter, Toni Neuner, who was raped.

March 21 (UPI) --The State of Florida on Thursday executed a death row inmate convicted of raping and killing an 8-year-old girl and then killing her grandmother while heavily intoxicated in 1993.

A Florida death row inmate is set to become the fourth man executed in the U.S. this week and the 10th so far this year. Edward Thomas James, 63, is scheduled to die by lethal injection on ...

Edward Thomas James ... Florida has executed people for nearly 200 years. Benjamin Donica, the first known execution in the state, was hanged for murder in 1827. Inmates convicted of capital crimes ...

A Florida death row inmate who was convicted of kidnapping and killing a woman in 2000 is asking the court to show him ...