Today, the defense team for William Thomas Zeigler has filed a Motion for Rehearing. It is sixteen pages long and concisely shows you why it is crucial to get a rehearing. Charles Mays From the beginning, the State made Charles Mays a victim. In part, they were right. In part, they are wrong. This motion […]
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Zeigler: Appeal to set aside conviction denied
On March 6, 2026, Orlando Circuit Judge Leticia Marques said that “she would not be ordering a new trial for Zeigler. She said he had not proved that new evidence would result in an acquittal, and that’s the standard required by Florida law.” The state’s strategy to focus on Charles Mays as a victim rather […]
Zeigler: Evidentiary Hearing granted
On March 21, 2025, the defense team for William Thomas Zeigler filed a motion to set aside his first-degree murder convictions based on newly discovered evidence. Those convictions resulted from four murders that took place in the Zeigler Furniture Store on Christmas Eve 1975, Winter Garden, Florida. That newly discovered evidence consists of DNA results. […]
Motion to Vacate Zeigler Conviction
The latest update in the case of William Thomas Zeigler (79) is that the defense has filed a motion to vacate his conviction. Zeigler has been on death row since July 2, 1976. “WESH 2 Investigates in January was the first to reveal results of his latest round of DNA testing, authorized by a ninth […]
DNA shows Zeigler is innocent
The latest DNA testing of all the evidence in the case of William Thomas Zeigler confirms what he said all along, he did not kill his wife, his parents-in-law, and he did not kill Charles Mays on Christmas Eve, 1975. The article in the Tampa Bay does an excellent job summarizing what happened. Plus, it […]
Zeigler, at long last: DNA testing
A motion was filed today by the William Thomas Zeigler defense team with the approval of the Orange County State Attorney’s office for DNA testing. It still needs a judge’s approval however, these joint motions are seldom denied. But, as we have been asking for DNA testing since 1994, I will not be able to […]
Zeigler: moral right denied
The Tampa Bay Times reports that the Florida State Attorney Aramis Ayala has rejected the appeal made on behalf of William Thomas Zeigler to have his pre-trial evidence from the 70s tested with modern DNA technology. Ayala denied this request “even though her conviction integrity unit urged her in April to grant it, saying it […]
Hope for William Thomas Zeigler
The Tampa bay Times announced Jan 3, 2019 that the Florida State Attorney’s office is “taking a fresh look” at the 1975 case of William Thomas Zeigler. Whether that fresh look is indeed an official review does not become clear in the article. However, we finally have a Florida state representative who “wants to introduce […]
The lingering case of Tommy Zeigler
Blood and truth: the lingering case of Tommy Zeigler and how Florida fights DNA testing. The Tampa Bay is publishing a new six-series about the case of William Thomas Zeigler. As my readers know, I have been involved in this case since the 90s. There are so many posts about this case on my blog that […]
Zeigler denied request to proceed in forma pauperis
William Thomas Zeigler had filed a motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis on Sept 5, 2017. In plain English, he asked the United States Supreme Court for permission to continue his trial proceedings as an indigent person meaning that fees normally associated with a lawsuit or appeal be waived. This request was denied Nov […]