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Morbidly obese death row inmate's final meal revealed as he's executed after claiming to be ...

The Daily Mail 09 Apr 2025
Michael Tanzi, branded a 'fledgling serial killer,' was put to death just after 6pm on Tuesday evening at Florida State Prison in Raiford after his lawyers tried to stave off his morbid end.
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Supreme Court ruling over immigrant detained in El Salvador prompts morbid conspiracies

The Daily Dot 08 Apr 2025
courts do not have jurisdiction to seek his release because he is no longer in U.S. custody ... No new deadline has been set ... The post Supreme Court ruling over immigrant detained in El Salvador prompts morbid conspiracies appeared first on The Daily Dot. .
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Too Big to Kill? Florida Prepares to Execute 'Morbidly Obese' Inmate

Newsweek 07 Apr 2025
Michael Tanzi is scheduled to die via lethal injection Tuesday at Florida State Prison for the kidnapping and murder of Janet Acosta, 49, in April 2000 ....
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This Morbid Fungus Turns Cicadas Into Hypersexual Zombies Without Genitals — A Biologist Explains

Forbes 06 Apr 2025
Massospora cicadina’s lifecycle is so closely linked to periodical cicadas, that it waits 17 years to hijack its sex life — then spreads by turning them into walking spore bombs ... .
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What\u2019s morbid obesity? Here\u2019s how a 45-year-old reversed it

Indian Express 03 Apr 2025
Know how to track your body indices and triggers .
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‘My brain reaches for morbidity’: inside the unsettling world (and 700 Post-it notes) of artist ...

The Guardian 31 Mar 2025
He was a digital art pioneer, making himself an avatar in disturbing films. Now Ed Atkins has a new medium. the pandemic Post-it note. Ahead of a major Tate show, we meet the shapeshifting artist.
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Can 'morbid obesity' delay a death row convict's execution? Here's what happened to a murderer ...

Live Mint 31 Mar 2025
Lawyers for a Florida death row inmate Michael Tanzi seek to delay his execution due to his morbid obesity, arguing that it violates the Eighth Amendment of the US Constituition ....
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Lawyers for 'morbidly obese' Florida death row inmate argue his weight could cause botched lethal injection

Fox News 31 Mar 2025
Tanzi's lawyers said in court documents filed last week that their client is morbidly obese and suffers from sciatica, a condition that causes pain along the back's sciatic nerve.
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'Who approved this?' Jasmine Crockett slams 'disgusting' House GOP for sharing morbid meme

Raw Story 31 Mar 2025
Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) lashed out at House Republicans after an official House Foreign Affairs Committee's social media account shared a spoof video of President Donald Trump, Vice President J.D ... "This is disgusting. Who approved this?" ... .
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‘My brain reaches for morbidity’: inside the unsettling world (and 700 Post-it notes) of artist Ed Atkins

The Observer 31 Mar 2025
“My brain immediately reaches for this horrible morbidity ... I tell him I’m also prone to morbid thoughts – that sometimes I will look at a photomontage that my phone has generated featuring my kids and feel as if I’m watching it after they’ve died ... .
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Florida death row inmate says his morbid obesity would 'complicate' lethal injection, wants leniency

NBC News 28 Mar 2025
A Florida death row inmate who was convicted of kidnapping and killing a woman in 2000 is asking the court to show him leniency regarding his execution, scheduled for early next month, because he is "morbidly obese." ... .
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Death Row Inmate Wants Leniency for Morbid Obesity

The Daily Beast 28 Mar 2025
A death row inmate in Florida is asking for mercy due to his “morbid” obesity ... His lawyer’s appeal reads that Tanzi “is morbidly obese and suffers from severe chronic sciatica,” alongside ...
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