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| Judge denies DNA-based appeal by inmate |
| By AP |
| Published: 04/25/2005 |
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A Florida judge has ruled that DNA evidence is not enough to overturn the murder convictions of Tommy Zeigler. Zeigler shot his wife, her parents and his store's handyman on Christmas Eve in 1975. The judge says Zeigler has not shown that the DNA testing results would exonerate him or mitigate his sentence. The decision came after 59-year-old Zeigler won a request in 2001 for a detailed investigation into blood samples taken from the crime scene at his family's furniture store in nearby Winter Garden. DNA testing was not around in 1976. Prosecutors say Zeigler committed the murders, then shot himself through the side in a scheme to collect 500-thousand dollars in life insurance money on his wife. Zeigler claims he killed the handyman in self-defense and that his wife and her parents were killed in a robbery attempt. |
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