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Florida prosecutor will fight Tommy Zeigler’s release

The state’s longest-serving death row inmate now hopes a judge will weigh in on whether DNA testing proves his innocence.

Tommy Zeigler has been on death row in Florida since 1976, longer than anyone else in the state. [ Jeremy Gould ]

Leonora LaPeter AntonFormer Times Reporter

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Leonora LaPeter Anton
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