Tommy Zeigler documentary raises ‘A Question of Innocence’
By Jeff Weiner, Orlando Sentinel | |
McClatchy-Tribune Information Services |
The documentary, titled "A Question of Innocence," is about
The film, which airs Friday at
"The truth of what happened on
The documentary depicts Zeigler's account of the night his wife,
"I got hit over the head, I got knocked to the floor and I lost my glasses," he says in the film. The narrator describes Zeigler finding a gun and firing at his alleged attackers "in a fight for his life" before he was shot.
Investigators said Zeigler wounded himself after the killings to pose as a victim. The motive, the state alleged, was to collect insurance policies on his wife. His arguments have been rejected numerous times, at all levels of
"People always ask, 'How could somebody kill four people? That's crazy,'"
"He lured Eunice in first; he brought her to the store," Frye says. "In my determination she was the first one to die."
Some of the pro-Zeigler claims presented in the documentary:
--DNA tests determined that blood found on Zeigler's shirt, which prosecutors argued at trial was that of his father-in-law, actually belonged to Mays. His defense has argued this supports the theory that Mays was an assailant, not a victim.
In a hearing on that issue in
A judge ruled the following year that the DNA results did not warrant a new trial.
--A witness named
At a 2012 hearing, the state argued that Foster's name wasn't hidden from the defense and "has been in this case since the very, very beginning." Another new-trial request was denied soon thereafter.
--A new theory explored in the documentary centers on
Of the possibility the brother orchestrated the slayings, Zeigler says: "I think it's highly possible, given his temper."
Despite having run out of appeals, the longtime death-row inmate says he remains hopeful.
"As long as there's breath in my body, I'm going to have hope, and I do believe that, sooner or later, somebody with some intelligence and fairness is going to stop and say, 'Oh, no, enough is enough,'" he says. "That's what I believe."
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