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Zeigler, Part VII: The Thompson Report

April 16, 2010 By Alice

William Th. Zeigler with his wife Eunice Edwards-Zeigler

Vicki Harley Holland has a website about Tommy Zeigler. It is called “Prayers for Tommy.” She commented on my previous posting “This post will be written by you.” In it, she refers to “Fatal Flaw” by Phillip Finch, the book I also recommend. In the middle of her website, near the top, you see “Letters […]

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Filed Under: Zeigler Tagged With: Actual Innocence, Capital Punishment, DNA, Faulty Evidence, Florida, Forensics, Gun Fire, Miscarriage of Justice, Prosecutorial Misconduct, Unsolved Homicide, William Thomas Zeigler, Wrongful Convictions

Zeigler, Part VI

March 30, 2010 By Alice

Zeigler, Part VI: On Preliminary Crime Scene Approach & Investigation Orange County Sheriff’s Office Detective Donald Frye was on duty in the Crime against Persons Section. After investigating the crime scene, he concluded that these four people did not die at the same time. With that, I agree. According to Frye, Mays had been shot […]

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Filed Under: Miscarriages of Justice, Zeigler Tagged With: Actual Innocence, Capital Punishment, Florida, Forensics, Gun Fire, Miscarriage of Justice, Prosecutorial Misconduct, Unsolved Homicide, William Thomas Zeigler

Zeigler, Part V

March 30, 2010 By Alice

Zeigler, Part V: The Bodies Mr. Charlie Mays was savagely beaten, his face disfigured with blood coming through his skull, and he had been shot twice in the abdomen (once from the front and once from the back). Judging from the blood splatters, Mays had been beaten to death where he was found. The killer […]

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Filed Under: Forensics, Miscarriages of Justice, Unsolved, Zeigler Tagged With: Actual Innocence, Autopsy, Ballistics, Capital Punishment, Crime Scene, Death Row, DNA, Evidence, Expert Testimony, Finger Printing, Florida, Forensics, Gun Fire, Investigations Division, Miscarriage of Justice, Police, Prosecutorial Misconduct, Unsolved Homicide, Victim, William Thomas Zeigler, Witnesses, Wrongful Convictions

Zeigler, Part IV

March 29, 2010 By Alice

William Th. Zeigler with his wife Eunice Edwards-Zeigler

On March 12, 1976, Robert Eagan, then state attorney, wrote to Mayor Marvin Peele, the Orange County Sheriff’s Office, and the Orange County Court House, that he is very concerned about the way the evidence in the Zeigler case is being handled. The entire letter is here: In Dec 1975, a quadruple murder took place […]

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Filed Under: Miscarriages of Justice, Zeigler Tagged With: Capital Punishment, Crime Scene, FBI, Florida, Gun Fire, Miscarriage of Justice, William Thomas Zeigler, Wrongful Convictions

Zeigler, Part III

March 24, 2010 By Alice

Tommy & Eunice Zeigler, 1973 (Beulah Zeigler Collection)

The Unusual Crime Scene, Zeigler (part 3): Despite that this large, dark furniture store was a crime scene with multiple bodies inside, police did not hesitate to enter it several times. Orange County Sheriff’s Office deputies and other officers violated basic rules of procedure by entering a dark crime scene knowing they will disturb evidence. […]

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Filed Under: Miscarriages of Justice, Zeigler Tagged With: Ballistics, Capital Punishment, Crime Scene, DNA, Florida, Forensics, Prosecutorial Misconduct, William Thomas Zeigler, Wrongful Convictions

Tommy Zeigler, Part II

March 20, 2010 By Alice

Tommy & Eunice Zeigler, 1973 (Beulah Zeigler Collection)

Tommy Zeigler  is a quiet man, in control of his emotions, not wearing his heart on his sleeve and to most, he comes across as reserved. Very reserved. He used to be politically active behind the scenes in his hometown of Winter Garden, Florida. He had once led a successful drive to unseat a longtime […]

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Filed Under: Miscarriages of Justice, Zeigler Tagged With: Actual Innocence, Ballistics, Capital Punishment, Crime Scene, DNA, Florida, Forensics, Gun Fire, Miscarriage of Justice, Prosecutorial Misconduct, William Thomas Zeigler, Witnesses, Wrongful Convictions

Zeigler, Part I

March 19, 2010 By Alice

William Th. Zeigler with his wife Eunice Edwards-Zeigler

Zeigler, Part I: there is a man on death row in the United States of America, in Florida to be precise. On July 24th, he will be celebrating his 65th birthday. It will be a sober one. Death row does not throw great parties. He knows. He has been there since 1976. His full name […]

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William Thomas Zeigler

March 19, 2010 By Alice

Tommy & Eunice Zeigler, 1973 (Beulah Zeigler Collection)

As mentioned before on DCC and on Twitter, I am currently taking another look into the case of Mr. William Thomas Zeigler, on death row in Florida, USA. His case has such a complexity that it is absolutely impossible to cover the entire case in one average-sized post. The other option is to write a […]

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