Peter Pringle
Peter Pringle was an Irishman who was wrongfully convicted for the murder of two police officers during a bank robbery in 1980 and had his death sentence commuted to 40 years in prison. He was acquitted in 1995 after the Court of Appeal found the original verdict unsafe. Pringle married Sunny Jacobs in 2012, and he sadly passed away in 2023.
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Peter Pringle is a former death row inmate who married Sunny Jacobs after her release.
The story of Sunny Jacobs was never as straightforward as the media suggested – The Irish Times
Ireland· 2025-06-07
Peter Pringle, who was wrongfully convicted, found love with Sonia Jacobs after both had experienced injustice.
how a US death row exoneree ended up in Connemara – The Irish TimesIreland· 2025-06-06
Peter Pringle was also a former death row inmate who worked with Sonia Jacobs to campaign against the death penalty.
Death row survivor Sonia ‘Sunny’ Jacobs found ‘tranquility’ in Connemara before death in house fire – The Irish TimesIreland· 2025-06-04
Peter Pringle was an Irishman who married Sunny Jacobs after they met during her campaign against the death penalty.
Woman who died in Connemara house fire named as former US death row inmate Sunny Jacobs – The Irish TimesIreland· 2025-06-03