article_snippet.sent: (cetnre, with Ziegler   mother, second left) had Ziegler   conviction for capital murder quashed in 2012 after a judge blasted Ziegler   initial trial, allowing Ziegler   to cut a plea deal  which saw Ziegler   walk free today .
article_snippet.sent: Today Ziegler   is a free man again after Ziegler   agreed to plead guilty to aiding and abetting murder, with a judge sentencing a free man to the 15 years and 50 days a free man has already served, Al.com reported.
article_snippet.sent: The ruling, which has been hailed by Ziegler   family, marks the second time in recent weeks that a death row prisoner has walked free.
article_snippet.sent: Ziegler   conviction was overturned after tests on the gun allegedly used in a 1985 shooting in which two fast food managers were shot dead couldn't prove that tests on the gun allegedly used in the shooting was fired during the killings.
article_snippet.sent: In November last year, state prosecutors had raised the prospect of a retrial for Ziegler  , meaning Ziegler   could have faced going back to death row if convicted for a second time.
article_snippet.sent: At Ziegler   hearing today, Judge Sarah Stewart warned Ziegler   against becoming bitter, adding that 'the world is a very different place than it was 15 years ago when you went to jail' Ziegler  's release comes after Anthony Ray Hinton (pictured) was freed from death row two weeks ago after serving 30 years for a double murder Ziegler   did not commit .
article_snippet.sent: Ziegler   was determined to prove Ziegler   innocence, according to Ziegler   defence lawyers, but was reluctantly persuaded to accept a plea bargain for the chance to leave jail and escape another trial.
article_snippet.sent: O'Della Wilson, the defendant's mother, said Judge Sarah Stewart is happy that Ziegler   will go free but angry that Ziegler   had to plead guilty to any crime. '
article_snippet.sent: Ziegler   had no choice but to go ahead and plead to a murder Ziegler   did not commit.
article_snippet.sent: Ziegler  's a menace to our society.
article_snippet.sent: Ziegler   will be back,' said Beth Johansen, the victim's aunt. '