Tommy Zeigler

After Fair Trial Analysis reported that Thomas Zeigler would probably be acquitted in a retrial with newly discovered DNA evidence, the State asked the Florida Supreme Court to strike FTA’s amicus brief. The case and FTA’s findings Zeigler was convicted of four murders committed at his Winter Garden furniture store on Christmas Eve 1975. The…

Fair Trial Analysis addressed a question at the center of William Thomas “Tommy” Zeigler’s appeal: how would a jury evaluate the case with evidence unavailable at his original trial? Our research estimated an 86.3% probability of acquittal in a retrial that included newly discovered DNA evidence. On July 9, 2026, Barry C. Edwards, J.D., Ph.D.,…