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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — After nearly 50 years on Florida’s death row, convicted murderer Tommy Zeigler will get what his attorneys say is his last chance at winning freedom. Circuit Court Judge Leticia ...

ORLANDO — Ten attorneys sat before Circuit Judge Leticia Marques at the Orange County Courthouse last week during a hearing for a 50-year-old murder case. In a few months, she will decide whose ...

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, ...