Florida man faces execution for killing of woman on break from work at The Miami Herald
- Florida executed Michael Tanzi, age 48, by lethal injection on Tuesday at Raiford prison for a 2000 murder.
- Tanzi was put to death for the abduction and murder of Janet Acosta, a Miami Herald employee, 24 years prior.
- Tanzi kidnapped Acosta from Miami's Japanese Gardens during her lunch break and drove her toward the Florida Keys.
- Tanzi confessed to forcing Acosta to withdraw money and assaulting her before strangling her; a detective called him a "fledgling serial killer."
- Tanzi's execution marks the third in Florida and the eleventh in the U.S. This year, amid ongoing debates about capital punishment.
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Florida puts Michael Tanzi to death in 11th US execution of 2025
The group Floridians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty said in a statement on Tanzi’s execution, “It is not justice to take a physically and mentally broken man, strap him to a gurney, and commit premeditated murder. This is revenge, plain and simple.”
Michael Tanzi, 48, Is Killed by Lethal Injection for Murder of Janet Acosta, 49, in 2000
Michael Tanzi was put to death by lethal injection Tuesday evening at Florida State Prison, almost 25 years after he kidnapped a woman on her lunch break in Miami and murdered her in Monroe County. The post Michael Tanzi, 48, Is Killed by Lethal Injection for Murder of Janet Acosta, 49, in 2000 appeared first on FlaglerLive.
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