US EditionFlorida man is set to be executed for kidnapping and murdering a woman
- A Texas appeals court halted the execution of David Leonard Wood, who has spent over 30 years on death row and was set to die by lethal injection this week for the murders of six girls and young women.
- Wood, 67, maintains his innocence and claims that authorities focused on him as a suspect rather than examining the evidence available.
- Despite evidence suggesting Wood's innocence, including DNA testing that matched a male profile not belonging to him, the Texas Attorney General's Office opposed new DNA tests.
- The court's decision to halt Wood's execution came after his appeal renewed claims of innocence.
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Man set to be executed for kidnapping Miami woman, strangling her to death
A man convicted of kidnapping a woman in Miami and later strangling her to death is set to be executed next month under a death warrant Gov. Ron DeSantis signed Monday. Michael Tanzi, 48, is scheduled to be executed April 8 at Florida State Prison. Janet Acosta was seated inside her parked van in April 2000 when Tanzi attacked her and threatened her with a razor blade, according to court documents. Tanzi bound and gagged the woman and began head…
Executions loom in Arizona, Florida
From wire reports Condemned men in two states face execution in coming weeks, including one who tried to have his execution date moved forward. Michael Tanzi, 48, is scheduled to be executed April 8 at Florida State Prison in Starke, Florida, The Associated Press reported. He was convicted in the April 2000 kidnapping, sexually assault
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