William Thomas Zeigler
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I am a friend and correspondent of Tommy’s and continue to be devastated that this gentle man has remained on Death Row for 34 years, in virtual solitary confinement.
It was an absurd scenario: seven guns were used in the massacre of Tommy’s family and a customer Christmas Eve 1975, and yet almost immediately the police decided that critically-injured Tommy was the sole culprit! He had simply no reason to kill his loving wife and in-laws. But his support of a black friend at a trial months earlier could certainly be the reason for some in that racially-motivated community to target him.
The prejudiced judge, Maurice Paul, was heard before the trial to vow: ‘I’ll fry the son-of-a-bitch.’ So much for impartiality. I pray that Vidocq can do something to free this man!
And I will definitely try. As you know, there is a lot to read and cover so it will be a slow process as I indicated in the previous posts about Tommy. It will be a series that can be easily found by checking the categories in the right margin.
My hopes are to highlight some issue here at DCC that will expose the miscarriage of justice. It will also serve to educate the younger generation who did not grow up with Tommy’s case. His case is a poster child for how not to handle a crime scene and a lesson in weighing trial strategies. As well as the first lawyers meant, some mistakes in trial strategy came back to haunt them.
Please feel free to send me information you feel must be posted here. Should you visit/contact Tommy anytime soon, tell him he is not forgotten.
Thank you for visiting DCC and please do check back in.
Yours, Vidocq
There is so much prejudice on the part of Judge Paul- are you familiar with the case of India and David Norman in Gainesville? That is an interesting one to look into as well- they are my aunt and uncle. Judge Paul needs to be removed from the bench!
Hi Jen,
Thanks for stopping by and commenting. I do not know your family’s case but other people have been telling me about other cases. Not sure what the remedy is though.
Best, V