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Prosecutor agrees to let a second man on Florida’s death row do DNA testing Henry Sireci, like Tommy Zeigler, has been on death row 45 years   Published 2 hours ago A second inmate on Florida’s death row has been granted DNA testing by the Orange County state attorney. Henry Sireci, 72, had sought the testing for almost two decades. Earlier this month, State Attorney Monique H. Worrell agreed to grant his request. Worrell also is supporting DNA testing in the case of Tommy Zeigler,...

Feb 26, 2021 at 08:02 AM Copied! Tori Richman/Tampa Bay Buccaneers/Tampa Bay Buccaneers TAMPA, FL - FEBRUARY 07, 2021 - Guard Ali Marpet #74 of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers during Super Bowl LV between the Kansas City Chiefs and Tampa Bay Buccanerers at Raymond James Stadium. The Buccaneers won the game, 31-9. Photo By Tori Richman/Tampa Bay Buccaneers The Tampa Bay Buccaneers announced today that tackle Ali Marpet was selected by his teammates ...

Tampa Bay Buccaneers meet with DuBoise online and offer him four Super Bowl tickets. After 37 years of wrongful incarceration, three years on death row and over 2,600 days in solitary confinement, Robert DuBoise has not been compensated by the state of Florida for the time stolen from him.  DuBoise wanted to follow in his father’s footsteps by joining the Air Force and then become a firefighter, just as his grandfather did. He also wanted to marry, have children and own a house, but this was...

Bucs players shine light on injustice while helping innocent man who spent decades in prison Robert DuBoise was freed in 2020 after 37 years in prison; he’ll attend Super Bowl LV Tags:  Robert DuBoise hugs his mom, Myra DuBoise, in August 2020 after spending 37 years in a Florida prison. His sister Harriett DuBoise and Innocence Project attorney Susan Friedman also by his side. (Image credit: Sarah Timoti/Innocence Project) (WKMG 2020) Robert DuBoise spent more than three decades in a prison...

Unchallenged but faulty forensic evidence opens the door for the worst kind of injustice The Daytona Beach News-Journal UP NEXT It was the early summer of 2011, and the nation was riveted by the trial of Casey Anthony, the Orlando woman charged with murdering her two-year-old daughter, Caylee Marie. At the same time, in the same courthouse, another young woman was standing trial in the death of an infant. And it’s fair to suspect that the prosecution of Amanda Brumfield might...

In Tampa, conviction review petitions tell tales of innocence and injustice Dan Sullivan, Tampa Bay Times © Dirk Shadd/Times/Tampa Bay Times/TNS Teresa Hall, 55, pictured with state attorney trial files that will be reviewed for wrongful convictions at the Hillsborough State Attorneys Office, 419 Pierce Street, Monday, Dec. 14, 2020 in Tampa. As the attorney in charge of the conviction review unit at the Hillsborough State Attorneys Office, Hall has the tedious task of examin...

Recently Freed, These Two Wrongly Convicted People Are Cherishing the Holidays With Family Both Ron Jacobsen and Robert DuBoise are home for the holidays for the first time in over three decades. By Daniele Selby Ron Jacobsen (left) and Robert DuBoise (right). (Images: Courtesy of Ron Jacobsen and Robert DuBoise) This holiday season looks a little different with people around the world paring down their celebrations and taking their festivities online. But for wrongfully convicted people who ha...