Tommy Zeigler

Description

In 1976, Tommy Zeigler was sent to Florida’s death row for a quadruple murder. For the last 44 years, he has fought to prove his innocence, creating one of the longest appellate records ever. After asking for DNA testing since the early 1990s, is it still possible the truth is in the blood evidence?

For more information on newly uncovered innocence: tommyzeiglerisinnocent.com

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Credits

Researched, written, hosted, and edited by Charlie Worroll

Music by Scott Buckley

Cover art by Lars Hacking, host of Rusty Hinges podcast

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Sources

Book

• Fatal Flaw by Phillip Finch

Court Documents

• William Thomas Zeigler, Jr., Appellant/Cross-Appellee, vs. State of Florida, Appellee/Cross-Appellant. 580 So. 2d 127; April 11, 1991.

• William Thomas Zeigler, Jr., Appellant, vs. State of Florida, Appellee. 632 So. 2d 48; November 4, 1993.

• William Thomas Zeigler, Jr., Appellant, vs. State of Florida, Appellee. 654 So. 2d 1162; April 13, 1995.

Internet

• https://projects.tampabay.com/projects/2018/narratives/blood-and-truth/

• https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida/state-attorneys-office-reviewing-1975-murder-case-recently-featured-in-times-series-20190103/

• https://law.justia.com/cases/florida/supreme-court/1981/50355-0.html

• https://law.justia.com/cases/florida/supreme-court/2013/sc12-696.html

• https://fsulawrc.com/fall/flsupct/68774/68765Petition.pdf

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnU_RA3RUaE

• https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/breaking-news/os-tommy-zeigler-northwestern-investigation-20160613-story.html

• https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida/2019/10/19/state-attorney-rejects-death-row-inmates-dna-appeal/

• https://law.jrank.org/pages/24025/Mincey-v-Arizona-Significance.html

• https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida/2020/09/16/tommy-zeigler-75-survives-the-coronavirus-on-death-row/?fbclid=IwAR3rB9AVUvC_tOcl-OrT3OuZkKRwnnqxDeA2J549oWxegOUvKrbm5URaW9g

• https://www.fadp.org/zeigler-3/zeiglersummary/

• https://casetext.com/case/zeigler-v-state-40

Newspapers

• Orange County Holdup Leaves Four Dead, Associated Press, 26 Dec 1975

• Statements Open Zeigler Trial, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 Jun 1976

• Guns Featured in Zeigler Trial, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 Jun 1976

• Zeigler Fate in Hands of Witness: Zeigler Bought Guns, Associated Press, 22 Jun 1976

• Multi-Murder Jury, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 Jul 1976