Zakai Zeigler returns for Tennessee basketball vs. Kentucky

After 48 years on death row, the results of Zeigler’s successful battle for DNA testing could mark a breakthrough.
Rider plays Saint Peter's in a matchup of MAAC teams. Friday's meeting is the first of the season between the two teams.
Ziegler's attorneys say DNA evidence proves Zeigler didn't commit the murders of his wife and in-laws that landed him on death row almost five decades ago.
The nearly 50-year-old murder case of Tommy Zeigler has taken a new turn with the discovery of fresh DNA evidence.
After spending close to 49 years on death row, convicted mass murderer Tommy Zeigler could soon win his freedom.
Zeigler was nearly 31 years old when he was sentenced to death for two of the four murders that happened on Christmas Eve, 1975. He turns 80 in July.
Zakai Zeigler is the reigning SEC Defensive Player of the Year and has been named to the All-SEC Defensive team three times.
Jordan Gainey had a chance to tie it from three, but couldn't knock it down with ten seconds left in the game.