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><channel><title>Defrosting Cold Cases &#187; Capital Punishment</title> <atom:link href="http://www.defrostingcoldcases.com/tag/capital-punishment/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.defrostingcoldcases.com</link> <description>Unsolved homicides that haunt me...</description> <lastBuildDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:21:51 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=</generator> <item><title>Sum it up! #36</title><link>http://www.defrostingcoldcases.com/sum-it-up/sum-it-up-36?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=sum-it-up-36</link> <comments>http://www.defrostingcoldcases.com/sum-it-up/sum-it-up-36#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:13:30 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Vidocq</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Sum it up!]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Arson Detection]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Cameron Todd Willingham]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Capital Punishment]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Crime Labs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Evidence]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Forensics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Han Tak Lee]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sum it Up!]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Unsolved Homicide]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.defrostingcoldcases.com/?p=8640</guid> <description><![CDATA[The first Sum it up! for 2012 and I got a lot to share with you. First of all, another police department has decided to place all their cold cases online with information for the public. The Syracuse Police Department and the Criminal Investigations Division have established the Cold Case Unit with an email address and a telephone [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.defrostingcoldcases.com/sum-it-up/sum-it-up-36/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Original Zeigler Crime Scene Diagram</title><link>http://www.defrostingcoldcases.com/forensics/original-zeigler-crime-scene-diagram?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=original-zeigler-crime-scene-diagram</link> <comments>http://www.defrostingcoldcases.com/forensics/original-zeigler-crime-scene-diagram#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 13:53:32 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Vidocq</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Forensics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Miscarriages of Justice]]></category> <category><![CDATA[News: Cold Cases]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Zeigler]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Actual Innocence]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Autopsy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ballistics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Capital Punishment]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Crime Scene]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Crime Scene Diagram]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Cruelty]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Death Row]]></category> <category><![CDATA[DNA]]></category> <category><![CDATA[DNA Database]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Evidence]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Expert Testimony]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Faulty Evidence]]></category> <category><![CDATA[FBI]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Finger Printing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Florida]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Gun Fire]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Identification]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Investigations Division]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Miscarriage of Justice]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Partial Finger Printing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Police]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Prisons]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Prosecutorial Misconduct]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Unsolved Homicide]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Victim]]></category> <category><![CDATA[William Thomas Zeigler]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Witnesses]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Wrongful Convictions]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.defrostingcoldcases.com/?p=8230</guid> <description><![CDATA[This is the original crime scene diagram made by private detective George Anan who was hired by the defense in 1976 and who searched the furniture store together with attorney Vernon Davids. In a two-week examination of the store, Davids and Annan found a .38 caliber slug and a .38 caliber exit hole in the [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.defrostingcoldcases.com/forensics/original-zeigler-crime-scene-diagram/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Zeigler&#8217;s DNA hearing ends without a decision</title><link>http://www.defrostingcoldcases.com/forensics/zeiglers-dna-hearing-ends-without-a-decision?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=zeiglers-dna-hearing-ends-without-a-decision</link> <comments>http://www.defrostingcoldcases.com/forensics/zeiglers-dna-hearing-ends-without-a-decision#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 21:18:37 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Vidocq</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Forensics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Miscarriages of Justice]]></category> <category><![CDATA[News: Cold Cases]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Zeigler]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Actual Innocence]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Autopsy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ballistics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Capital Punishment]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Crime Labs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Crime Scene]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Cruelty]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Death Row]]></category> <category><![CDATA[DNA]]></category> <category><![CDATA[DNA Database]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Evidence]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Expert Testimony]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Faulty Evidence]]></category> <category><![CDATA[FBI]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Finger Printing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Florida]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Gun Fire]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Identification]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Investigations Division]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Miscarriage of Justice]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Partial Finger Printing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Police]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Prisons]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Prosecutorial Misconduct]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Unsolved Homicide]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Victim]]></category> <category><![CDATA[William Thomas Zeigler]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Witnesses]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Wrongful Convictions]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.defrostingcoldcases.com/?p=8210</guid> <description><![CDATA[Today Mr. Zeigler&#8216;s DNA hearing took place in Orange County, Florida, before Judge R. Whitehead. Mr. Zeigler himself was not present. However, he was available by phone if he was needed by the State, otherwise, his presence was waived in person and by phone. Passionate opening statements were made by defense attorney John Houston Pope. [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.defrostingcoldcases.com/forensics/zeiglers-dna-hearing-ends-without-a-decision/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>6</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Get your facts right!</title><link>http://www.defrostingcoldcases.com/forensics/get-your-facts-right?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=get-your-facts-right</link> <comments>http://www.defrostingcoldcases.com/forensics/get-your-facts-right#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 12:25:01 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Vidocq</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Forensics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[News: Cold Cases]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Zeigler]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Actual Innocence]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Autopsy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ballistics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Capital Punishment]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Crime Labs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Crime Scene]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Cruelty]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Death Row]]></category> <category><![CDATA[DNA]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Evidence]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Expert Testimony]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Faulty Evidence]]></category> <category><![CDATA[FBI]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Finger Printing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Florida]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Gun Fire]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Identification]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Investigations Division]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Miscarriage of Justice]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Partial Finger Printing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Police]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Prisons]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Prosecutorial Misconduct]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Unsolved Homicide]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Victim]]></category> <category><![CDATA[William Thomas Zeigler]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Witnesses]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Wrongful Convictions]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.defrostingcoldcases.com/?p=8199</guid> <description><![CDATA[On this day, that Mr. Zeigler has his long awaited DNA hearing, we have to deal with the press and their inadequacies for getting the facts right. This local paper, Channel 13, brings you the ludicrous allegation that Zeigler supporters have claimed and I quote: &#8220;that Zeigler&#8217;s wife was having an affair with a man [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.defrostingcoldcases.com/forensics/get-your-facts-right/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>5</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>UPDATED: Texas board suggests review of arson convictions</title><link>http://www.defrostingcoldcases.com/forensics/updated-texas-board-suggests-review-of-arson-convictions?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=updated-texas-board-suggests-review-of-arson-convictions</link> <comments>http://www.defrostingcoldcases.com/forensics/updated-texas-board-suggests-review-of-arson-convictions#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2011 19:26:41 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Vidocq</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Forensics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Miscarriages of Justice]]></category> <category><![CDATA[News: Cold Cases]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Actual Innocence]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Arson Detection]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Autopsy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Cameron Todd Willingham]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Capital Punishment]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Crime Labs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Crime Scene]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Cruelty]]></category> <category><![CDATA[DNA]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Evidence]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Expert Testimony]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Faulty Evidence]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Forensic arson detection]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Identification]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Investigations Division]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Miscarriage of Justice]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Police]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Prosecutorial Misconduct]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Texas]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Victim]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Witnesses]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Wrongful Convictions]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.defrostingcoldcases.com/?p=7796</guid> <description><![CDATA[Exciting news in the Mercury: &#8220;The Texas Forensic Science Commission on Friday approved 17 recommendations for improving arson inquiries. The panel also is suggesting a review of murder convictions involving fires, starting with prisoners on death row.&#8221; Of course, reading about forensic arson detection brings to mind the cases of Daniel Dougherty(PA), David McLeod(NH) and [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.defrostingcoldcases.com/forensics/updated-texas-board-suggests-review-of-arson-convictions/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Zeigler, through Vidster&#8217;s eyes</title><link>http://www.defrostingcoldcases.com/unsolvedhomicides/zeigler-through-vidsters-eyes?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=zeigler-through-vidsters-eyes</link> <comments>http://www.defrostingcoldcases.com/unsolvedhomicides/zeigler-through-vidsters-eyes#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2011 15:14:26 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Vidocq</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Miscarriages of Justice]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Unsolved]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Zeigler]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Actual Innocence]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Autopsy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ballistics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Capital Punishment]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Crime Labs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Crime Scene]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Death Row]]></category> <category><![CDATA[DNA]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Evidence]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Expert Testimony]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Faulty Evidence]]></category> <category><![CDATA[FBI]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Finger Printing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Florida]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Forensics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Gun Fire]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Identification]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Investigations Division]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Miscarriage of Justice]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Partial Finger Printing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Police]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Prisons]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Prosecutorial Misconduct]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Unsolved Homicide]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Victim]]></category> <category><![CDATA[William Thomas Zeigler]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Witnesses]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Wrongful Convictions]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.defrostingcoldcases.com/?p=7788</guid> <description><![CDATA[My very first eBook, a compilation of blog posts in the case of William Thomas Zeigler, has reached the market. It is published with Nook Pubit from Barnes &#38; Noble and can be found here in their catalogue. It already has two ratings but only one explained why they gave it some stars. The reactions [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.defrostingcoldcases.com/unsolvedhomicides/zeigler-through-vidsters-eyes/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>8</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Vidster goes e&#8230;&#8230;</title><link>http://www.defrostingcoldcases.com/miscellaneous/vidster-goes-e?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=vidster-goes-e</link> <comments>http://www.defrostingcoldcases.com/miscellaneous/vidster-goes-e#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 12:58:02 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Vidocq</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Miscellaneous]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Zeigler]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Actual Innocence]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Autopsy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ballistics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Capital Punishment]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Crime Scene]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Death Row]]></category> <category><![CDATA[DNA]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Evidence]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Expert Testimony]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Faulty Evidence]]></category> <category><![CDATA[FBI]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Finger Printing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Florida]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Forensics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Gun Fire]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Identification]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Investigations Division]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Miscarriage of Justice]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Partial Finger Printing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Police]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Prisons]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Prosecutorial Misconduct]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Unsolved Homicide]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Victim]]></category> <category><![CDATA[William Thomas Zeigler]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Witnesses]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Wrongful Convictions]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.defrostingcoldcases.com/?p=7745</guid> <description><![CDATA[Not everyone reads blogs so in an effort to reach those who do not, Vidster is going e! Today, my first eBook is on sale. &#8220;Zeigler, through Vidster&#8217;s eyes&#8221; documents all the blog posts I have written about the Zeigler case. Those posts are of course, in between all my other (700+) posts. I thought [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.defrostingcoldcases.com/miscellaneous/vidster-goes-e/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>3</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>One word about the Davis Execution</title><link>http://www.defrostingcoldcases.com/vidocqunscripted/one-word-about-the-davis-execution?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=one-word-about-the-davis-execution</link> <comments>http://www.defrostingcoldcases.com/vidocqunscripted/one-word-about-the-davis-execution#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2011 14:20:33 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Vidocq</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Vidocq Unscripted]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Capital Punishment]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.defrostingcoldcases.com/?p=7647</guid> <description><![CDATA[Last night, I was watching the news too and following on CNN and Twitter whether Troy Davis would get executed or not. The case has been discussed online on various places and blogs. So why this post? Because something irritated me. Folks forgot that we have a separation of powers here. People asked some to do [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.defrostingcoldcases.com/vidocqunscripted/one-word-about-the-davis-execution/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>No more Zeigler posts?</title><link>http://www.defrostingcoldcases.com/forensics/no-more-zeigler-posts?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=no-more-zeigler-posts</link> <comments>http://www.defrostingcoldcases.com/forensics/no-more-zeigler-posts#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2011 16:09:57 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Vidocq</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Forensics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Miscarriages of Justice]]></category> <category><![CDATA[News: Cold Cases]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Unsolved]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Zeigler]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Actual Innocence]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Autopsy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ballistics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Capital Punishment]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Crime Labs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Crime Scene]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Cruelty]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Death Row]]></category> <category><![CDATA[DNA]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Evidence]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Expert Testimony]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Faulty Evidence]]></category> <category><![CDATA[FBI]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Finger Printing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Florida]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Gun Fire]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Identification]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Investigations Division]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Miscarriage of Justice]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Partial Finger Printing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Police]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Prisons]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Prosecutorial Misconduct]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Unsolved Homicide]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Victim]]></category> <category><![CDATA[William Thomas Zeigler]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Witnesses]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Wrongful Convictions]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.defrostingcoldcases.com/?p=7634</guid> <description><![CDATA[Some of you have been emailing me asking why I have stopped posting about the William Thomas Zeigler case. Am I now convinced that he is guilty? Am I bored with the case? Am I in a clinch with the defense team? &#160; NO to all of the above! &#160; I have been trying to [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.defrostingcoldcases.com/forensics/no-more-zeigler-posts/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Changes in the Zeigler case</title><link>http://www.defrostingcoldcases.com/forensics/changes-in-the-zeigler-case?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=changes-in-the-zeigler-case</link> <comments>http://www.defrostingcoldcases.com/forensics/changes-in-the-zeigler-case#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 12 Aug 2011 15:43:23 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Vidocq</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Forensics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Miscarriages of Justice]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Unsolved]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Zeigler]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Actual Innocence]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Autopsy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ballistics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Capital Punishment]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Crime Scene]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Death Row]]></category> <category><![CDATA[DNA]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Evidence]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Expert Testimony]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Faulty Evidence]]></category> <category><![CDATA[FBI]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Finger Printing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Florida]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Gun Fire]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Identification]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Investigations Division]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Miscarriage of Justice]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Police]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Prosecutorial Misconduct]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Unsolved Homicide]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Victim]]></category> <category><![CDATA[William Thomas Zeigler]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Witnesses]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Wrongful Convictions]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.defrostingcoldcases.com/?p=7260</guid> <description><![CDATA[The Orlando Sentinel reports that &#8220;Just hours after the verdict was read in the biggest case of his career [Casey Anthony], veteran Assistant State Attorney Jeff Ashton announced he will retire at the end of the week.&#8221; As you know, he also handled the Zeigler case. No word yet on who will replace Ashton. To be [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.defrostingcoldcases.com/forensics/changes-in-the-zeigler-case/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
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