"Over and over, Oscar Ray Bolin asserted his innocence the day before
his execution in Florida's death chamber for the murders of three women
in the late 1980's. In
an exclusive interview with FOX 13's Gloria Gomez, he said the evidence
used to convict him was both tampered with and planted. And given the
chance to confess to the murders of Terri Lynn Matthews, Natalie Holley,
and Stephanie Collins, he insisted, "I did not murder these women." Bolin,
who was sentenced to death for each of the three murders, has been
fighting his convictions for more than 20 years. At the state prison
in Starke, where he will be executed tomorrow, he told FOX 13 the
corruption that led to his convictions all started with disgraced FBI
analyst Michael Malone.In
2014, the inspector general for the U.S. Department of Justice
determined that Malone -- a hair and fiber analyst -- tampered with
evidence and provided false testimony in several cases. The inspector
general did not single out the Bolin investigations, but said all of the
cases Malone investigated should be reviewed. In the Bolin cases, Malone was able to link a wool fiber to all three murders. With
fewer than 24 hours before his execution, Bolin told FOX 13, "My
conscience is clear."