Former Marion County Circuit Judge Hale Stancil dead at 78

OCALA, Fla. (WCJB) - A longtime Marion County judge is being remembered.

Court officials said former Circuit Judge Hale Stancil died Thursday at the age of 78.

Stancil served as a circuit judge for the 5th Judicial Circuit for 33 years and then retired in 2015.

He then continued to serve as a senior judge for the next nine years until his death.

He is most known for presiding over the 2005 case of Debra Lefave, who was convicted of seducing a 14-year-old at a Marion County school.

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