Death penalty in Florida: Michael Tanzi executed after 25 years!

Death penalty in Florida: Michael Tanzi executed after 25 years!

Key West, Florida, USA - Michael Tanzi was executed in Florida today, 25 years after his cruel deed. The convicted murderer kidnapped the "Miami Herald", Janet Acosta, in 2000. During her lunch break, he forced her to withdraw money with her ATM card before raping her and finally brutally murdered. Tanzi transported the 49-year-old over a distance of around 30 miles (approx. 48 kilometers) and strangled it. After the crime, he used the time for two days to dress up and get food and get marijuana. The police finally arrested him when the officials discovered him in Acostas cars in Key West.

After his arrest, Tanzi confessed another murder: he had previously stabbed a woman named Caroline Holder in Massachusetts. A commissioner described him as a "prospective serial killer". Today, dance was executed by poison injection in Florida State Prison. He is already the third prisoner in which the death penalty was carried out in Florida this year. Despite the arguments of his lawyers that he could suffer severe pain due to his "pathological obesity" and is therefore not allowed to be executed, the Supreme Court of the State rejected these objections.

The background of the death penalty in the USA

The death penalty in the USA remains a controversial topic. Again and again there are discussions about the ethical and legal aspects of their application. According to SPIEGEL a constant competition. Critics of the death penalty particularly point to the possibility of misjudgment and demand more transparency in the processes for enforcement.

A look at the current situation shows that the application of the death penalty in the United States varies from state to state. Florida is one of the states that regularly apply the death penalty while other states have stopped enforcement. According to SPIEGEL Inmates who have been sitting in the death wing for a long time and are waiting for their judgments.