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Honestly with Bari Weiss
The book was the culmination of 13 years of investigation into the Matthew Shepard case. It was published in 2009 and revealed a new narrative that Matthew Shepard's murder was not motivated by hate, but by drug dealing and robbery. It was a controversial book, and many people in Laramie felt that it misrepresented the town.
He doesn't have any more information than any of the rest of us but he was able to establish a rapport with the lead prosecutor of the case and this guy eventually lets him in on what he discovered ab...
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Episode: The Story of Matthew Shepard’s Murder Changed Amer...
The book was the culmination of 13 years of investigation into the Matthew Shepard case. It was published in 2009 and revealed a new narrative that Matthew Shepard's murder was not motivated by hate, but by drug dealing and robbery. It was a controversial book, and many people in Laramie felt that it misrepresented the town.
He doesn't have any more information than any of the rest of us but he was able to establish a rapport with the lead prosecutor of the case and this guy eventually lets him in on what he discovered about the role of drugs in the murder and then nine years later Jimenez publishes the book of Matt which is the culmination of like 13 years of investigation into this case.
I sat down with him and he sort of walked me through the real story of what happened.
And that's kind of when she folded told me basically what happened at that point.
So he just couldn't face what actually was true about this kid you know Matt struggled with addiction and was involved in this sort of criminal underworld
You know there's a part in Jimenez's book where a guard says you know what happened with this guy like he just doesn't belong here you know the idea that like they should both be serving the same sentence that Russell Henderson should be serving the same sentence as the guy who actually murdered Matthew is I think pretty troubling