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'No doubt': Polk Commission won't back a new trial for convicted murderer Leo Schofield
The Ledger via Yahoo News· 1 year agoTwo former elected officials stepped to the lectern Tuesday to ask Polk County commissioners to get...
State board denies parole for Schofield, convicted in 1987 Lakeland murder
The Ledger via Yahoo News· 1 year agoLeo Schofield Jr., championed as a man wrongly convicted of murder in a popular podcast, will not be...
Convict Says He Killed Young Florida Waitress – But Her Husband Is Already Behind Bars For The...
Oxygen via Yahoo News· 2 years agoFor more than 30 years, Leo Schofield has been behind bars serving time for the murder of his...
Man convicted of wife's 1987 murder shares first days with family outside of prison
Good Morning America via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoLeo Schofield has spent the last 35 years behind bars, convicted of the 1987 murder of his wife...
Activist and retired state attorney clash over testimony at Leo Schofield parole hearing
The Ledger via Yahoo News· 10 months agoJerry Hill, the retired state attorney in Polk County, has rejected an accusation that he misled...
Florida Man Convicted Of Wife's 1987 Bone Valley Murder Maintains Innocence
Oxygen via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAdvocates in Florida continue to rally around a man who remains behind bars for his wife's 1987...
Documentary of legendary Tahlequah criminal Rex Brinlee to be shown next month
Muskogee Phoenix, Okla. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoJan. 14—Mention the name Rex Brinlee, and longtime Green Country residents might think of one word — evil. "Rex Brinlee — the Man and his Escape" is a documentary co-written by Tahlequah native ...
Leo Schofield Jr., subject of 'Bone Valley' podcast, to leave prison April 30
The Ledger via Yahoo News· 2 months agoLeo Schofield Jr., the convicted murderer whose claim of innocence has gained international...
Leo Schofield, subject of podcast on 1987 Lakeland murder conviction, faces parole hearing
The Ledger via Yahoo News· 1 year agoOn one level, little has changed since Leo Schofield Jr. last appeared before the Florida Commission...
Pulitzer-winning author says podcast clears Leo Schofield in wife’s 1987 murder
Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Fla. via Yahoo News· 2 years agoGilbert King’s Pulitzer Prize-winning “Devil in the Grove” book helped posthumously pardon The Groveland Four, Black men wrongly accused of raping a white woman and beating her husband in Lake ...