FL Execution: 50 Years on Death Row Ends Tomorrow

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🗓️ 29 April 2026

⏱️ 16 minutes

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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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0:36.1	It is Wednesday, April 29th. And this week, a man is scheduled to die by lethal injection for a crime he committed in 1976. Yes, this man has been on death row for 50 years. And with that, welcome to this episode of Amy and TJ.
0:58.0	Well, we're used to hearing 20, even 30 years.
1:01.0	Every once in a while, you throw in a 40 here and there.
1:03.8	50 is mind-boggling.
1:06.9	It is mind-boggling when you think that James Ernest Hitchcock was 20 years old when he committed
1:16.8	the act and he was convicted a year later for raping and murdering his 13-year-old step-niece.
1:24.1	This is a horrific story.
1:26.0	So yes, he is now 70 years old. And it's pretty remarkable.
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