State starts case in Tommy Zeigler evidence hearing with blood stain analyst
Read full article: State starts case in Tommy Zeigler evidence hearing with blood stain analystFlorida prosecutors turned to a blood stain analyst to start off their case to keep Tommy Zeigler on death row Thursday. The hearing on new DNA evidence could lead to a retrial for Florida’s longest-serving death row inmate, who was convicted of the 1975 murders of four people at his Winter Garden furniture store.
Modern DNA tests challenge key evidence in 1976 Zeigler murder conviction
Read full article: Modern DNA tests challenge key evidence in 1976 Zeigler murder convictionTommy Zeigler's 1976 conviction for the murders of his family members in Winter Garden is under scrutiny again. Forensic reanalysis is casting new doubts on the case of Florida's longest-serving death row inmate.
Tommy Zeigler, longest-serving Florida death row inmate, granted hearing on DNA evidence
Read full article: Tommy Zeigler, longest-serving Florida death row inmate, granted hearing on DNA evidenceA judge will re-examine key evidence in the murder case of Tommy Zeigler, who has been on death row since being convicted in the killing of four people in Winter Garden in 1975.
Judge rules a man who wrongfully spent nearly 50 years in prison for murder is innocent
Read full article: Judge rules a man who wrongfully spent nearly 50 years in prison for murder is innocentAn Oklahoma judge has exonerated a man who spent nearly 50 years in prison for murder, the longest serving inmate to be declared innocent of the crime.
A Florida death row inmate convicted of killing a deputy and 2 others dies in prison, officials say
Read full article: A Florida death row inmate convicted of killing a deputy and 2 others dies in prison, officials sayOfficials say a Florida death row inmate convicted of killing a deputy and two other people more than 40 years ago has died in prison.
Execution delayed for death row inmate who cut out his eyes
Read full article: Execution delayed for death row inmate who cut out his eyesNext month’s scheduled execution of a Texas death row inmate whose attorneys say gouged out both of his eyes because of severe mental illness was delayed by a judge.
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Prosecutor grants DNA testing in death row case involving 2 Orlando murders
Read full article: Prosecutor grants DNA testing in death row case involving 2 Orlando murdersFor the second time in recent weeks, a Florida prosecutor is granting DNA testing for a death row inmate who has maintained his innocence for more than four decades.
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2 dead of virus at US prison where executions are scheduled
Read full article: 2 dead of virus at US prison where executions are scheduledWASHINGTON – Two inmates have died in as many days from coronavirus at the federal prison complex where the U.S. government plans to carry out two executions next week. The executions of Christopher Andre Vialva and William Emmett LeCroy are scheduled to be carried out at the prison complex next week. The government carried out three executions in July and two executions in August. Witnesses to the federal executions are required to undergo security screening at the high-security penitentiary, where Bird was housed. The federal prison system has struggled to combat the coronavirus pandemic behind bars, where social distancing is nearly impossible.