Lawyers for a Florida man on death row are seeking to halt his upcoming execution, arguing that his obesity and health conditions could cause his chosen method of lethal injection to go wrong.
Michael Tanzi, 48, is scheduled to be executed April 8 at Florida State Prison for his conviction in the kidnapping and murder of a woman in Miami in 2000. Gov. Ron DeSantis signed his death warrant on March 10, but Tanzi’s lawyers are seeking a stay of execution from the state’s highest court.
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…