Blood and Truth

By Tampa Bay Times

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... more

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The podcast currently has 13 episodes available.

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June 26, 2023 Chapter 11: Shapes of Hope
It's been three years since the last episode of Blood and Truth, and Tommy Zeigler is still on death row. But with the election of a new state attorney comes fresh hope for the DNA testing Ziegler says could set him free after nearly five decades behind bars. Here's the latest.

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32min
February 24, 2020 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 happened.
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32min
February 18, 2020 Coming soon: Chapter 10
Will prosecutors give Tommy Zeigler another chance at DNA testing?
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February 19, 2019 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 and thoughts about his guilt or innocence.
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57min
February 12, 2019 Chapter eight: Finality versus fairness
Florida’s judicial system is designed to support a jury’s verdict, whether it was right or wrong.
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36min
February 05, 2019 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.
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34min
January 29, 2019 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.
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34min
January 22, 2019 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.
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32min
January 15, 2019 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.
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21min
January 08, 2019 Chapter three: Trial and errors
Prosecutors present the case against Tommy Zeigler, as his defense team scrambles to vet witnesses and get evidence tested.
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30min

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