True Crime Reality

On Thursday April 30th, the state of Florida is set to finally execute 70-year-old James Ernest Hitchcock. Hitchcock was just 20 when he raped, beat and strangled 13-year-old Cynthia Driggers to death. After decades of appeals and having his death sentence overturned three times, Driggers’ family is relieved that their legal nightmare is finally coming to an end.

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Robach and Holmes cover the latest news headlines and entertainment updates and give perspective on current events in their daily “Morning Run.”

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A California judge has refused to review new evidence that the L.A. Innocence Project and Scott Peterson’s attorneys say will exonerate him. Peterson’s defense team says they will take their fight further, and plan to appeal to a higher court. The LAIP says they have conducted more than 50 interviews with witnesses who have information that will shed light on what really happened, as well as new scientific evidence that jurors were not able to hear during his trial.

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A Federal grand jury has returned an indictment against Former FBI Director James Comey over an instagram photo showing a seashell formation on the beach. Last May, Comey posted a picture with shells forming the numbers “8647” which the DOJ says amounts to an expression to do harm to President Trump, the 47th President of the U.S. Comey says he is innocent and legal experts say the charges the DOJ is pursing are “unlikely to be successful” in court.

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An unthinkable story unfolding in the Northeast this week. According to police, 49-year-old Jeanette MacAusland admitted to strangling her 6 and 7 year old children. MacAusland reportedly tried and failed to kill herself afterwards, instead she drove 3 hours to a relative’s home, where police say she confessed to the crime. MacAusland is in the middle of a divorce and custody battle, but nothing about the situation pointed to this violet ending. In fact, MacAusland is described by friends and neighbors as a loving mother who they never believed could be capable of such a horrific crime. 

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The Trump administration is reportedly planning to review ABC owned stations broadcast licenses, even though they’re years away from being up for renewal. It’s widely believed this is in direct retaliation for Jimmy Kimmel’s late night joke saying Melania Trump was glowing like an “expectant widow.” White House spokesman Steven Cheung went so far as to post on X that Kimmel is a “sh*t human being” who should be shunned for the rest of his life. 

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King Charles and Queen Camilla have arrived in the U.S. to celebrate our country’s independence from Great Britain 250 years ago, at a time of deep political divisions in this country, with political violence dominating the headlines.  Today, the King will be the second monarch in history to address a joint session of Congress, his mother, Queen Elizabeth, was the first. King Charles remarks will come after a private, bilateral meeting with Trump at the Oval Office without a presser afterwards. In fact, we’ll explain why there are only photo ops with the King, no questions allowed from the press.

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Late night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel maintained he was making an “age gap” joke about Melania Trump looking like an “expectant widow.” Kimmel’s joke was days before a third attempt was made on President Trump’s life at the WHCD and while some have said it was distasteful, others maintain it was dangerous, even suggesting it could encourage violence against the President. ABC has remained silent around the controversy. 

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Top DOJ officials just wrapped a news conference following the arraignment of alleged shooter, 31-year-old Cole Tomas Allen. Allen is charged with the attempted assassination of President Trump in addition to firearms charges, including discharging a firearm during a crime of violence.  More charges are coming his way, but acting Attorney General Todd Blanche couldn’t say whose bullet hit the secret service agent wearing his bulletproof vest, or exactly how Allen was brought to the ground before being arrested. 

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