A man who’s been on death row for nearly 50 years says new DNA proves his innocence. 80-year-old Tommy Zeigler was convicted of killing four people, including his wife and her parents, in Winter ...

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ORLANDO, Fla. – Modern DNA testing and forensic reanalysis have cast new doubt on the evidence used to convict Tommy Zeigler in 1976 of four murders that occurred on Christmas Eve 1975, his attorneys ...

Tommy Zeigler has spent the past 49 years on Florida’s death row, convicted of murdering his wife, her parents and a customer of his Winter Garden furniture store on Christmas Eve 1975. He claims he ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A circuit court judge agreed to decide in the coming days whether to grant Tommy Zeigler a new hearing that could bring his ...

Tommy Zeigler, who has spent more time on Florida's death row than anyone else in history, is back in an Orange County courtroom for an evidentiary hearing that could potentially lead to a new trial ...

WINTER GARDEN, Fla. — Florida’s longest-serving death row inmate appeared in court Monday to seek a new trial based on new DNA evidence. 80-year-old Tommy Zeigler was wheeled into the courtroom ...

Tommy Zeigler was wheeled into court on Wednesday for a scheduled weeklong evidentiary hearing to determine if his murder convictions from half a century ago will be tossed out, granting him a new ...

TESTIMONIES WRAPPING UP IN THE HEARING THAT COULD DETERMINE IF A CONVICTED MURDERER ON FLORIDA’S DEATH ROW GOES FREE. A JURY FOUND TOMMY ZEIGLER GUILTY OF KILLING HIS WIFE, HER PARENTS, AND ANOTHER ...

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — The fate of a man who has been on Florida’s death row longer than any other inmate, now rests with an Orange County judge. Tommy Zeigler was convicted of killing four people, ...

A circuit court judge agreed to decide in the coming days whether to grant Tommy Zeigler a new hearing that could bring his freedom from Florida’s death row, where he has spent nearly five decades for ...