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ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – The nearly 50-year-old murder case involving Tommy Zeigler has taken a new turn with the discovery of fresh DNA evidence.
Update, Dec. 22: Attorney General Ashley Moody’s office has asked the Florida Supreme Court to stop Tommy Zeigler’s evidence from leaving Orlando for DNA testing in California. ”Release of ...
Zeigler is one of almost two dozen men sent to death row in the 1970s and 1980s who has been denied advanced DNA testing, according to a Tampa Bay Times series, Blood and Truth.
Thomas "Tommy" Zeigler is photographed on Florida's Death Row at Union Correctional Institution, in Raiford, Florida, on June 21, 2018. His lawyers argue in a new filing that DNA testing shows he ...
WESH 2 Investigates exclusive: DNA could free mass murderer Tommy Zeigler. FLORIDA’S DEATH ROW LONGER THAN ANYONE IN STATE HISTORY, HAS A GLIMMER OF HOPE THAT HE CAN WIN HIS FREEDOM.
Tommy Zeigler's lawyers say Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody's arguments against new DNA testing in the 1975 murder case are flawed.
Florida’s attorney general pushed back Tuesday on an agreement to allow additional DNA testing in the death penalty case of Tommy Zeigler, arguing it does not comply with Florida’s procedural ...
At age 70, Zeigler's odds of freedom or escaping his third death warrant are fading.“I would say I probably have a 50/50 chance, depending on what happens with this latest motion with the DNA ...
WINTER GARDEN, Fla. (WFLA) — After spending close to 49 years on death row, convicted mass murderer Tommy Zeigler could soon win his freedom. Defense Attorney Terry Hadley has represented ...
Florida death row inmate William "Tommy" Zeigler has filed a new motion to prove his innocence using new DNA testing. In late 2022, a judge granted Zeigler and his defense team new DNA testing on ...
Judge demands DNA evidence list in Tommy Zeigler case Zeigler accused of killing wife, family members in 1975, which he denies. Ezzy Castro, Reporter.
Tommy Ziegler was convicted of the murders of his wife Eunice, her parents Perry and Virginia Edwards and another man, Charlie Mays. Prosecutors said Zeigler, who is white, lured three Black men ...