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Leonora LaPeter Anton

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Writer, former @TB_Times journalist, Pulitzer winner, podcast host, @UofIllinois grad; [email protected] Stories at https://t.co/JHNnRp7mCE

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Leonora LaPeter Anton
9 months
Tommy Zeigler has tried for two decades to get DNA testing. Now, finally, after the analysis was allowed in 2021, we know what it shows: Long-awaited DNA analysis proves Zeigler innocent in 1975 murders, lawyers say. My story in the @TB_Times
tampabay.com
After 48 years on death row, the results of Zeigler’s successful battle for DNA testing could mark a breakthrough.
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Leonora LaPeter Anton
2 months
Tommy Zeigler will get his day (actually five days) in court to present his case for innocence following DNA testing of the evidence. The judge will actually look at his entire case.
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Maria Carrillo
2 months
@TB_Times and @WriterLeonora have been following this death row case for years. In December, Tommy Zeigler's lawyers will get a chance to argue his claim of innocence.
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Lauren Peace
2 months
From the outside, Camp HOPE looks like any other. That’s by design. But woven into days of horseback riding and scavenger hunts and hours at the campground pool, small-group activities help kids make sense of their most difficult experiences. @TB_Times https://t.co/378lWURf9M
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For kids exposed to violence, 5 nights at sleepaway camp offers hope.
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Maria Carrillo
3 months
@WriterLeonora examines the reform school connection in death row cases in Florida. "Dozier helped make these boys killers."
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At least 34 boys from the Dozier School were later sentenced to death. Did abuse make them more violent?
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Maria Carrillo
3 months
Prosecutor says DNA results do not exonerate Florida's longest-held death row inmate. His lawyers say they'll ask a judge to decide. @WriterLeonora with the latest, in @TB_Times:
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tampabay.com
The state’s longest-serving death row inmate now hopes a judge will weigh in on whether DNA testing proves his innocence.
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@KatieLSanders
Katie Sanders
9 months
Our live fact-checking coverage of today's confirmation hearings for Kash Patel, Tulsi Gabbard and Robert Kennedy Jr. >>
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politifact.com
PolitiFact is live fact-checking the U.S. Senate's confirmation hearings for President Donald Trump's picks for FBI dire
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Maria Carrillo
9 months
And read the original series or listen to the podcast that told the story of a quadruple murder on Christmas Eve 1975:
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The lingering case of Tommy Zeigler and other men on Florida’s Death Row
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Maria Carrillo
9 months
Six years ago, ⁦⁦⁦@TB_Times⁩ told the story of how Florida had denied DNA testing to death row inmates like Tommy Zeigler. ⁦@WriterLeonora⁩ drew renewed attention to this case, and finally, here we are. https://t.co/HIbv8GAjGk
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Laura Miers
10 months
“In New York, a mother with no history of drug use lost custody of her toddler & newborn for 5 months after she tested positive for fentanyl that the hospital had given her in her epidural.” This state-sanctioned violence inflicts a very specific form of trauma that people don’t
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Leonora LaPeter Anton
1 year
Why newspaper presidential endorsements have become an endangered species
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poynter.org
The Washington Post. Los Angeles Times. The Minnesota Star Tribune. Tampa Bay Times. Gannett.. Alden. The list grows by the day.
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@KatrinaNation
Katrina vandenHeuvel
1 year
Zillow will now show climate risk data on home listings /The information is meant to help home buyers assess potential damage from extreme weather.
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Zillow will now show climate risk data on home listings
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@langstonitaylor
Langston Taylor
1 year
Look at the tiny difference in track between last night and this morning, and the enormous difference in projected flooding. It’s going to be so hard to communicate this effectively.
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@MaxChesnes
Max Chesnes
1 year
NEW: The @FLDEPNews employee who was fired over leaked state park info tells me it was secrecy and likely enviro destruction that led him to speak out “This was going to be a complete bulldozing of all of that habitat," he told me today More @TB_Times https://t.co/cRW4s0e5MF
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The employee’s dismissal letter, shared with the Tampa Bay Times, said he released ‘unauthorized’ information to the public.
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julie k. brown
1 year
Watch this story. There were a lot of questions asked when Sasse was hired under a secretive process that was never really exposed.
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alligator.org
In his 17-month stint as UF president, Ben Sasse more than tripled his office’s spending, directing millions in university funds into secretive consulting contracts and high-paying positions for his...
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Leonora LaPeter Anton
1 year
There are lots more people like Robert DuBoise in prison. Read this significant story by @TimesDan and @SpataTimes for the @TB_Times
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Dan Sullivan
1 year
The Marked Man - An innocent man's exoneration after 37 years in prison revealed a rash of serial killings in 1983 Tampa. @TB_Times
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