Episode 40: Bob Ward Part 1

The First Degree

Alexis Linkletter and Jac Vanek

True Crime, Society & Culture, News

4.5 • 10K Ratings

🗓️ 15 May 2019

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

On the night of September 21st 2009, police responded to a 911 call at the Isleworth mansion of Bob and Diane Ward. Inside they found Diane dead from a gunshot wound. It launched one of the biggest courtroom sagas in Florida and a textbook example of trial by media. In Episode 40, Jac, Alexis and Billy are joined by First Degree guest, Sarah Ward-Rupp as she walks us through trauma of losing her mother and the decades-long battle to exonerate her father.

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0:00.0	First degree.
0:02.0	First degree.
0:04.0	First degree.
0:06.0	First degree.
0:08.0	First degree.
0:10.0	The first degree.
0:12.0	Get on the table.
0:14.0	Get on the table.
0:16.0	Get on the table.
0:18.0	Get on the table.
0:20.0	He thinks there's supposed to happen in movies, not in real life.
0:24.0	And wait at the table to finish.
0:28.0	It was red.
0:30.0	We were all devastated.
0:32.0	We just sat down and cried and held each other.
0:34.0	And I remember my dad was really stoic.
0:36.0	And he took his watch and his wedding ring off.
0:40.0	Because he always wore his wedding ring.
0:42.0	And handed them to the attorney and handcuffed him in a way.
0:46.0	And it was awful.
0:48.0	But it's really, really hard to see someone take your dad away.
0:52.0	And there's nothing you can do about it.
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