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Florida prosecutor grants DNA testing for 2nd death row case May 25, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) For the second time in recent weeks, a Florida prosecutor is granting DNA testing for a death row inmate who has maintained his innocence for more than four decades. State Attorney Monique Worrell in Orlando has agreed to grant a request from 72-year-old Henry Sireci to test a denim jacket, a hair and half a dozen other pieces of evidence, including bloody towels. The Tampa Bay Times reports that the evidence will be sent to the Forensic Analytical Crime Laboratory in Hayward, California. Sireci was convicted of stabbing to death Howard Poteet, an Orlando used car lot owner, on Dec. 3, 1975, and 7-Eleven clerk John Leonard Short three days before. The case against him was based on testimony from seven people who indicated he admitted to killing Poteet. ....
Sheriff s corporal retires amid investigation in racist post April 16, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) A supervisor in the Orange County Sheriff s Office retired amid an internal investigation into a Facebook post that shared a video from a page that supports white supremacist beliefs. The Orlando Sentinel reported that Cpl. Danny Weil shared the post in July which depicted multiple clips of mostly Black people “violently attacking primarily white people. Weil wrote, “So disgusting, as he shared the video to his Facebook page, the investigation found. The video drew racist comments, which the deputy not only liked but but engaged, the newspaper said. ....