Chapter 10: Another Chance
Tommy Zeigler waited on Florida’s death row last year with hope that there would be another chance to test the evidence in his case. Listen to what ha...
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Tommy Zeigler has been on death row for 42 years and for more than half that time, he’s been trying to convince the state of Florida to allow for DNA tests that might help exonerate him. But the state continually refuses. About 20 other men are in a similar situation, imprisoned in Florida since the 1970s or ’80s and arguing that it’s inherently unfair to deny them access to 21st century science. Leonora LaPeter Anton, a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter for the Tampa Bay Times, and photographer Cherie Diez have followed the case for years. In 2018, they traveled around Florida and into Georgia to interview dozens of people, some involved in the police work or prosecution, others who believe in Zeigler’s innocence.
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Chapter nine: A Q&A
Listen to Pulitzer Prize winner Leonora LaPeter Anton talk about what didn’t make it into this series, what’s happening with the Tommy Zeigler case an...
Chapter eight: Finality versus fairness
Florida’s judicial system is designed to support a jury’s verdict, whether it was right or wrong. For information regarding your data privacy, visit a...
Chapter seven: On the row
Tommy Zeigler has spent more than four decades living in a 6-foot by 9-foot cell and trying not to get angry. For information regarding your data priv...
Chapter six: Poking holes in the case
Tommy Zeigler's supporters have spent years chasing clues and re-investigating the murders. Listen to what they've uncovered. For information regardin...
Chapter five: DNA denied
The advent of modern forensic science gives Tommy Zeigler hope, but prosecutors and judges keep rejecting his requests for DNA testing. For informatio...
Chapter four: A split jury
One juror struggles to make a decision and feels badgered by others who think the evidence is clear in Tommy Zeigler's case. For information regarding...
Chapter three: Trial and errors
Prosecutors present the case against Tommy Zeigler, as his defense team scrambles to vet witnesses and get evidence tested. For information regarding ...
Chapter two: Murder near the Magic Kingdom
Winter Garden, Fla., a rural town in central Florida, is rattled by the slayings at a furniture store, and the police investigation zeros in on Tommy ...