At Dedge's 1984 retrial, Zacke testified that Dedge had confessed crime details during a ride the two inmates shared in a transport van. That helped prosecutors reconvict Dedge. In return, Zacke hoped for quicker parole.

Zacke's super-convenient presence in that van has never passed the smell test, but revelations that surfaced during his recent rape trial have raised questions to new levels.

Florida Today asks the tough questions:

• Did anyone in the state attorney's office withhold critical information about Zacke, including allegations he'd raped his adopted daughter, from the defense before Dedge's 1984 retrial?

If prosecutors knew of the allegations against Zacke, but still allowed him to inform on Dedge -- under the pose of a defender of women's honor -- their actions are not only deceitful but possibly a breach of law.

• What happened to missing sealed grand jury records about Zacke's criminal history -- including information he was possibly molesting his adopted daughter -- that might establish what prosecutors knew and when?

• Was Zacke fed crime details he offered in testimony by prosecutors in what may have been an illegal act?

• Why were Zacke and Dedge alone on the prison transport van? Was the trip a set-up for Zacke to commit perjury and if so, at whose instigation?

Will they be answered?