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In twenty sixteen, Text and Diane McIver had spent a hot Sunday in the
late September sun in Georgia, playing golf and then going to dinner with a
colleague of Diane's and Conyers, a town about a half hour from Atlanta.
Danny Joe Carter, Diane's friend and manicurist, had acted as chauffeur for the
couple that day after they played golf. She had gone horseback riding at the
couple's Putnam County ranch as they golfed, and then they picked her up and
she took over driving as they both drank wine in the car as they headed
to dinner. After dinner, it was late in the evening as they were
headed back to Atlanta and its famous congested traffic, with Danny Joe driving,
Diane in the passenger seat and Text in the back seat directly behind his wife.
Though red wine had been served at dinner, Text didn't drink much of
it. He didn't like it, but still on the way home he struggled
to keep his eyes open. Exhausted after a full day in the Georgia heat,
Diane kept turning around and fussing at her husband, arguing that if he
slept on the way home, he wouldn't sleep well that night. As they
neared Atlanta, traffic on the Downtown Connector was a parking lot. Even at
ten pm on a Sunday night, you can count on Atlanta traffic being the
worst. Diane told Danny Joe to take the Edgewood Avenue exit, and then
she turned around and told Text to wake up. When he did, he
looked around and realized they were in a midtown area. He said, girls,
this is a bad idea. This isn't safe. He was talking about
the area of Midtown they were in. Diane said, we'll be on Piedmont
shortly. But then Tex said, Darling, hand me my gun, and
Diane reached into the center console and pulled out a snubnosed thirty eight revolver wrapped
in a plastic bag and handed it to her husband. Text took the gun
and laid it in his lap and then knotted off back to sleep. What
happened next would be hotly debated for years and Text McIvor would go on trial
for murdering his wife. There has been a major update in this case since
then, and today we're going to go over it. Welcome to episode two
ten. Update on the Text McIvor case. Four and a half years ago,
I released episode sixty six Text and Diane McIvor accident or murder. As
I said, there has been a major update and the outcome is sure to
reignite strong debate as to whether, as the episode title implies, Text intended
to kill his wife or whether the tragedy was nothing more than a terrible accident.
I have remastered and re released episode sixty six if you want the full
deep dive when I originally covered this case, but for now, I'll do
my best to summarize before we get into the new court rulings. Late in
the evening of September twenty fifth, twenty sixteen, seventy two year old Claude
Tex MacIvor and his sixty three year old wife, Diane were on their way
home in Atlanta, Georgia. Earlier that day, they had braved the heat
to play a round of golf, followed by dinner and conyers with Diane's best
friend, Danny Joe Carter, and one of Diane's colleagues. Afterward, Danny
Joe was driving the couple back to the condo they shared in Buckhead. Diane
was in the front pass in your seat, while Tex sat behind her in
the back. The couple were each high flyers, professionally extremely successful in their
own right, well connected and wealthy. Tex was a corporate labor lawyer and
a partner with a prestigious firm, while Diane was CEO of Corey Enterprises,
where she had worked her way up the corporate ladder since starting there as a
payroll clerk forty six years earlier. Diane was a shrewd businesswoman whose strong business
acumen, directness, and ability to make tough decisions garnered her a tremendous amount
of respect. But underneath, she was also a loving and generous person.
She was definitely a conservative, though not as obvious with her politics, but
her husband was a loyal Republican who served on the American Bar Association Committee on
Gun Violence. It was a second marriage for both Text and Diane, and
those who knew them could see how deeply in love they were, even after
five years of dating and ten years of marriage. That early fall night,
texts, Diane, and Danny Joe drove back to Atlanta after spending the weekend
at the mcivor's ranch in Putnam County, where Danny Joe had been riding horses.
After Text and Diane's golf outing, they picked Danny Joe up at the
ranch and their Ford Expedition SUV and all went to dinner given Text and Diane
both had a few drinks that afternoon and into the evening. Danny Joe was
the designated driver on the way home, but as they got closer to the
city, the SVU pretty much came to a standstill as traffic was bumpered a
bumper on the Downtown Connector. At Diane's suggestion, Danny Joe took the exit
at Edgewood Avenue. Text dozed on and off in the back seat. He
had spent hours in the sun earlier that day, and it was late,
and he had now had some red wine under his belt, though he wasn't
intoxicated. When he awoke after nodding off at one point and saw the area
of the group was driving through, he felt uneasy, saying, girls,
this is a bad idea. This isn't safe. Much would later be made
of Texa's assessment of this situation, given that Black Lives Matter protesters had been
out in force in Atlanta since July protesting police shootings for reasons that would later
be debated. Text apparently felt unsafe, telling Diane Darling, hand me my
gun. Diane pulled Texas loaded thirty eight calibre revolver, wrapped in a plastic
grocery bag, out of the center console. She handed it back to her
husband and text set the gun on his lap before quickly falling back asleep.
Not long afterward, the car was still at a red light on Piedmont Road
when Danny Joe heard what she later described as a big boom. Tex,
who had been jolted out of his sleep moments earlier, realized the gun had
discharged. Everyone seemed fine at first, but suddenly Diane realized she had been
hit. Breathing heavily, she said, I've been shot. Tex instructed Danny
Joe to drive to Emory Hospital, where Diane made a dying declaration that her
husband shot her accidentally. But as Diane deteriorated with her blood pressure dangerously low
and headed into surgery, the doctor asked if she wanted to see her husband.
She said no. Maybe she didn't want him to see her in a
state she felt would be distressing to him. Maybe she was just too out
of it to know what she was saying. Who knows. Her death was
a heartbreakingly abrupt ending the well known couple who seemed to have it all.
I'm going to pause now for a short commercial break. Following Diane's death,
Text told the police that he fell asleep with a gun in his lap and
at some point soon after it fired. He had previously commented at the hospital
that the gun discharged accidentally when the car went over a bump. Knowing his
actions would be subject to strong scrutiny, and in an attempt at damage control,
tex hired pr consultant Bill Crane. Bill told reporters Text asked Diane for
the gun as he was concerned they were at risk at being carjacked in relation
to the recent Black Lives Matter protests, even though there wasn't a protest in
the area that night. Bill's comment ignited a storm of debate about Texas racial
bias, but Text denied it had anything to do with Black Lives Matter.
Things got more complicated when, according to Bill, Text tried to change this
narrative, saying he was worried about homeless people in the area, not protesters.
These conflicting accounts would later be used against Texts and court. In December
twenty sixteen, Atlanta pde initially charged Text with reckless conduct and felony involuntary manslaughter.
If convicted, he would face a maximum of ten years in prison.
But in April twenty seventeen, Text was indicted on upgraded charges at the insistence
of the Fulton County DA's office. That is important to note a homicide investigator
with twenty years experience had not believed there was intent or need for the more
serious charges. He believed it was a tragic accident. Now the DA disagreed.
Text now faced one count of malice murder where intent is the key factor,
like first degree murder and other states, and one count of felony murder
similar to second degree. He was also charged with aggravated assault with a deadly
weapon, possession of a firearm during a crime, and three counts of influencing
a witness. But if it was an accident, as Text claimed, why
a malice murder charge there was understandably, a lot of focus on the decisions
Texts made in the hours, days, and weeks following Diane's death. Like
I said in the original episode, even accounting for the grieving process, Texts
showed extremely poor judgment on multiple occasions. When Diane was initially shot, her
husband didn't call nine one one. Instead, he directed Danny Joe to Emory
Hospital, which wasn't even the closest medical facility were the most equipped to deal
with a gunshot wound. However, Emery Hospital was one of his clients,
so he knew how to get there quickly. They didn't call nine to one
one and were rushing Diane to a hospital, so Tex chose the one he
knew the way to. The text also asked Danny Joe to say she wasn't
in the vehicle when the shooting occurred, and it took two days for the
police to question texts. Much was made of this delay, making text look
bad, but we need to remember that the police did not insist on an
interview right away. Following Diane's death, Tex asked one of her co workers
if he could draw on his late wife's social security then he auctioned off Diane's
extensive, high end collection of clothes and jewelry that December on the advice of
all lawyer. Regardless of the rationale behind these decisions, they look bad,
some would say quite callous. These things reflected poorly on Texts in the eyes
of many, but questionable choices after the fact are not indicative of intent,
Meaning you can believe that Tex mac Iver was a rich, white and titled
asshole, but it doesn't mean he murdered his wife. Those who believed it
was a case of murder argued that TeX's request to Danny Joe was an attempt
to cover up something sinister from the start, but the facts are more nuanced.
Text had been drinking in the hours before handling the gun, and handling
a weapon under the influence in itself is an offense, regardless of whatever does
or does not happen afterward, so it makes sense that Text wanted to avoid
the repercussions of this, hence his comment to Denny Joe. At Texas trial
in April twenty eighteen, the defense submitted that the jury should be able to
consider the charge of misdemeanor involuntary manslaughter. In Georgia, this is when someone
unintentionally causes the death of another person by engaging in lawful behavior but in an
unlawful way. But the request, strongly opposed by the prosecution, was denied
by Fulton County Superior Court Chief Judge Robert McBurney. And I do have thoughts
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terms for details. In my original episode, I referenced the Atlanta Journal Constitution's
excellent podcast Breakdown, which covered Texas Trial extensively. In twenty twenty two,
Vault Studios and eleven Alive WXIA News released a compelling long form podcast of their
own, entitled Intent the Text, MacIvor Case. If you're after blow by
blow accounts of Texas trial and the aftermath, I can recommend both of these
as essential listening, and you can watch the entire trial on YouTube. The
way Texas trial played out, you would have thought it was the role of
the defense to prove the shooting was accidental, when in reality, it is
the state's responsibility to demonstrate the burden of proof that this was a murder.
There was a contentious debate from both sides about the question of money. The
prosecution case was that Text wanted Diane dead so he could inherit her multimillion dollar
estate. The court also heard that Tex had recently become much more financially reliant
on Diane after he went from equity partner at his law firm to income partner,
reducing his annual income from seven hundred thousand to one hundred and twenty thousand.
However, Tex was in his early seventies and semi retired, so it's
not as though he had gotten some sort of demotion and was panicking about money.
He was close to full retirement, but like his wife, he loved
working. The defense argued there was absolutely nothing for Text to gain financially with
Diane dead, as she earned more than Texts. He was far better off
with her alive so she could continue to support their lavish lifestyle, and also
she could lend her husband money if he needed it. Loaning money was a
favor Diane did for those close to her. It might sound a bit unorthodox
in the context of a marriage, but Diana Text happily kept their finances separate
with no issue. They had both gone through ugly divorces from their first marriages,
so this arrangement was what they both wanted. It's what worked best for
their marriage, which indisputably had been a happy marriage for ten years. Even
friends who later turned against Texts could not argue that he and Diane had marital
problems. After five years of dating and ten years of marriage. They were
still the kind of couple who held hands all the time. Everyone agreed they
had an extremely loving relationship. The prosecution also tried to argue the existence of
a rumored new will, which Diane was said to have made before her death,
naming the couple's godson as the soul beneficiary, but no hard proof of
such a will was ever produced. All the testimony about Text and Diane's relationship
spoke only to their undying love for one another. There was no mention of
conflict, upset, or tension between the couple. At one point during the
jury's deliberation, they reached a deadlock on the verdict. Judge McBurney gave them
an allen charge, fording them to continue deliberating until they had an outcome.
Finally, after further deliberation, Tex MacIvor was found guilty of felony murder,
aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, possession of a firearm during a crime,
and influencing a witness. Despite expert evidence, it was impossible to confirm whether
the gun discharge as a result of a single or double action mechanism. The
verdict on the major charges made no sense at all. How can you acquit
on malice murder but convict on both felony murder which requires the killing to occur
during the commission of another felony where intent is involved, and aggravated assault with
a deadly weapon. Judge mcbarney later said in December twenty twenty three that the
aggravated assault charge does not allege intent to kill. The jury's decision essentially meant
they believed Texts did not intend to kill his wife, but they did believe
he intended to seriously harm her. It's difficult to find the logic in that.
What would Texts have to gain by maliciously wounding the love of his life,
and not just in front of any witness, but in front of her
best friend. And why do it in a car anyway? Who leaves themselves
open that way if an act is intentional, this too makes no sense.
While no one is required to take the stand in their own defense, the
fact that Tex chose not to give evidence may have also worked against him in
the eyes of the jury. But considering the many blunders he made after Diane's
death, causing him to be a pr nightmare, I'm sure his attorneys believed
he would be a wild card on the stand, But it seems that,
based on how the information was presented to the jury by both sides, they
simply did not believe that guns just go off. The fact that Tex was
an experienced and passionate gun owner who owned almost forty firearms made the suggestion of
an accident doubtful for the jury, and it appears the jury did not feel
the evidence about a sleep diagnosis of texas the rim sleep disorder causes sudden involuntary
movements during sleep, but the jury did not believe this was a sufficient explanation
for the gun discharging if Texas finger was on the trigger. In my episode
on Text and Diane, I noted that much was made by the prosecution of
whether tex would have had time to fall into rim sleep so quickly between asking
for the gun and then Diane being shot, which was said to be around
ten minutes. But as I noted before, as witnessed by Danny, Joe
and Diane herself, at the time, Text kept nodding off, struggling to
stay awake, and as we fall asleep we can experience something called a hypnic
jerk, which is a sudden muscle contraction. While the defense did explain Texas
sleep issues, I'm not sure they went into great detail to explain how he
could have jerked and pulled the trigger. For example, in the Handbook of
Clinical Neurology, the hypnic jerk is defined as quote. Hypnic jerks or sleep
starts are normal physiological events occurring at the transition from wakefulness to sleep, often
associated with sensory phenomena such as a feeling of falling, unexplained alarm or fear
in our electric shock or light flash. The most distinguishing feature of sleep starts
is that they occurred during drowsiness and the transition from wakefulness to sleep before sleep
on set. We don't know if the gun was cocked because Tex said he
simply could not remember if it was, which makes sense given that Tex felt
uncomfortable enough to ask Diane for the weapon. The amount of pressure required to
discharge the firearm was less than two pounds. If it had not been cocked,
the trigger would have needed twelve pounds of pressure. Even after taking all
the evidence into account, the jury had clearly decided, rightly or wrongly,
that Text did harbor intent to some degree based on the verdict for aggravated assault,
yet they found him not guilty of malice murder. I personally don't get
why Executive Assistant Da clint Rucker pushed back so hard against involuntary manslaughter, or
why the judge denied it. Juries need to have all the options. That
was quite the gamble, in my opinion, and one which obviously paid off
for the state, but one they would now come to regret. And yes,
I'm doing the told you so dance in my head right now. I
have talked about this gamble before, most recently in the Ray Caruth trial,
in which the gamble did not work for the prosecution. I am more in
favor of what I call kitchen sink charges. Give the jury every option.
I believe it is so obviously much more fair to the defendant. But the
problem, as I see it, is that the state and defense attorneys would
often rather gamble with the defendants' lives in order to prove their theories right and
to be fair, the defense did not want the involuntary charge either. Initially
they wanted their client found not guilty on all charges, again a huge gamble
with their client's life. But it could have gone either way for Texts,
and really should have. A conviction on the lesser charge would still have carried
prison time. Sure, it's not life, but for the state, a
conviction against a prominent and affluent attorney still would have had an impact and one
of the most high profile infamous trials Atlanta had ever seen. Plus he was
seventy three years old. Chances are he still could have died in prison even
on the lesser charge. But the DA's gamble worked, and Text was sentenced
to life in prison, with an additional five years for influencing a witness to
be served. Concurrently for the weapons charge, he received a suspended five year
sentence. Almost immediately, his legal team began preparing an appeal, filing a
motion for a new trial in February twenty twenty, I'm going to pause now
for a final commercial break. When I released the original episode at ten,
tue million dollar wrongful death lawsuit brought on behalf of Diane's estate, naming both
Text and Danny Joe was still on foot. The suit alleged Danny Joe failed
to drive in a safe manner, focusing on her decision to drive for the
hospital and failure to call nine one one. While there's minimal information available about
the outcome, including any impact on Danny Joe, it appears the suit was
confidentially settled with Texas Insurance Company in March twenty twenty. Over a year later,
in July twenty twenty one, Judge McBurney denied Texas request for a new
trial. Undeterred, the defense took their case to the Georgia's Supreme Court in
January twenty twenty two, arguing that Text did not receive a fair trial for
several reasons. One was how conflicted the jury clearly was when it came to
the question of accident or murder. Judge mcburney's decision had meant there was no
option for the jury to consider involuntary manslaughter, so they only had two choices.
The defense proposed what the jury should have been presented with all along the
scenario where texs negligently fell asleep with a loaded gun in his lap. If
this had been considered, Text would have possibly been convicted of the lesser charge
instead of being sentenced to life in prison. The maximum he would have received
would have been twelve months. The defense also argued that certain evidence at trial
was prejudicial and therefore inadmissible, especially that relating to racial bias on Texa's part,
as well as the prosecution's speculative portrayal of him as money hungry. The
Supreme Court ruled on this as follows quote. With respect to MacIvor's contentions as
to improper argument by the state in which it was stated or implied that MacIvor
harbored racial prejudice, we caution the state and the trial court to be mindful
of the impropriety of such arguments if there is a retrial. We note,
particularly, and with disapproval, the prosecutor's display of a PowerPoint slide with a
bullet point reading KKK. During his closing argument, the state ultimately acknowledged that
no evidence was produced at trial to support any inference that the klu klux Klan
was relevant to this case. In addition, the defense claimed Judge McBurney should
not have permitted jurors to examine the Ford expedition to see how the gun could
have discharged. It was a compelling case for the defense. In June twenty
twenty two, the Georgia Supreme Court unanimously reversed Texas convictions for felony murder and
possession of a fire in the commission of a felony. It was highly critical
of the Fulton County DA's office, particularly flamboyant Prosecutor Clint Rucker and Judge McBurney,
in their failure to offer involuntary manslaughter as an option to the jury.
According to Courthouse News, Justice Michael Boggs wrote in the court's unanimous decision,
while the state's evidence was sufficient to support the appellant's conviction of murder, it
also could have supported a finding that the appellant killed the victim without any intention
of doing so. He added that any evidence brought by the state pertaining to
intent was weak, therefore making proof of Texas guilt not overwhelming or even strong.
The court ruled that any evidence of intent on Texas part was extremely weak.
On the other hand, it found the evidence supporting his actions as negligent
was much stronger, ruling quote, the jury could have concluded that the revolver
was discharged as a result of being startled awake, reflexively or involuntary clutching of
the bag holding the firearm, and inadvertently contacting the trigger. The DA's office,
again, particularly Clint Rucker, also came under fire for improper comments at
closing and some of the alleged prejudicial evidence brought against Texts. With the ball
back in the DA's court, there was the option for no new charges to
be brought and the case to be dismissed. Instead, prosecutors doubled down.
In July twenty twenty two, they announced they would again try Text for felony
murder, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, and possession of a firearm during
a felony, but this time involuntary manslaughter would be on the table for the
jury to consider. Three months later, in October, Texas bond application was
denied again by Judge McBurney, who felt that the seventy eight year old was
a flight risk. Stated that as tex was a man of means again facing
life in prison, there was strong incentive for him to flee the state and
not return. Nor was Judge McBurney confident Texts would not try to influence witnesses
or stay away from firearms. Part of texas proposed bond conditions was that he
go live with his sister in Texas and return to Georgia for the trial.
His attorney's foled a request for a second bond hearing ahead of the retrial scheduled
for September twenty twenty three. In February of that year, Text temporarily surrendered
his license to practice law in Georgia, pending the outcome of his trial.
The court accepted texas surrender of his license in April, but things weren't going
to be as straightforward the next time around, as the prosecution hoped. Tex
had requested bond on the basis that he required access to his defense team as
well as medical assistants. Given his age. His attorney Don Samuel stated Text
was experiencing issues with memory and communication though there were no issues with competency,
the prosecution pushed for bond to be denied. In mid November twenty twenty three,
Judge McBurney ruled that eighty year old Texts would remain in Fulton County Jail
while awaiting his retrial, which was due to begin in early December. Despite
TeX's age, the judge noted that he had previously violated his bond for improperly
seeking to influence a key witness, for which he was convicted on December fourth.
Jury's selection for the second trial got under way. Text had the same
defense team by hisiameide as he had since day one, Bruce Harvey, Don
Samuel and Amanda Clark Palmer. But no sooner had things got going than they
ground to a halt in accordance with instructions from the Georgia Supreme Court and in
response to emotion and lemony, which is emotion discussed in the absence of the
jury arguing that evidence be included or excluded from trial. The prosecution was dealta
blow when Judge McBurney ruled that they could not present evidence arguing intent to kill.
This was distinct from intent to shoot. Texts had already been acquitted of
malice murder after all. This meant that key aspects presented as part of the
state's case at the first trial would now not be heard. The state would
not be able to enter evidence about Diane's alleged second will unless they could prove
Texts suspected his wife intended to decrease her husband Ban's entitlements as a beneficiary.
The state would first need to argue this point without the jury present. Judge
McBurney stated the prosecution's evidence of a second will at the first trial was not
particularly strong according to the AJC. The judge stated that the prosecution failed to
demonstrate that Texts knew of any such second will, nor was the state allowed
to mention George's slayer statute, which prevents convicted killers from profiting from the estate
of their victim. Among the evidence the state could bring at retrial was TeX's
behavior at the hospital and his attempts to both influence witnesses and bribe the then
district Attorney Paul Howard to drop the charges. The prosecution could also argue that
text shot Diane in order to incapacitate her as a way to gain control over
her assets. As of attorney. The defense wanted this argument excluded, but
lost on this point. As for the speculation that tex was having an affair,
prosecutors would be able to introduce this evidence in terms of a possible motivation
for the shooting, but texas alleged infidelity would have to be proven and there
was no proof. The prosecution announced it would appeal Judge mcburney's decision to the
Supreme Court. Proceedings would again be delayed, this time until mid to late
twenty twenty four, perhaps even indefinitely. According to the AJAC. Again,
Texas defense team planned on requesting bond be granted, but late the following month
there was an unexpected development. On January twenty sixth, twenty twenty four,
eighty one year old tex MacIvor pled guilty to involuntary manslaughter, reckless conduct,
and possession of a firearms during a felony. There would be no retrial after
all, as one of the highest profile legal sagas in the state came to
an end. At sentencing, text told the court quote, Diane's the best
friend I ever had. She's the best partner I could possibly imagine, and
I will always always love her. She died as a result of my actions,
plain and simple. I've worn my wedding ring since the day we were
married, and I intend to wear it until the day I die. I
hope we're at a point where we're not judging each other and we can all
move on. She's my angel and she's waiting for me in heaven. Others
from Diane's life were also given the opportunity to speak. Her best friend,
Danny Joe Carter, told the court her life had all but been destroyed by
Diane's death, saying distress has been tremendous. I'm just angry. A statement
by Diane Anne's former boss Billy Corey was also read to the court, saying
Diane's death quote was no accident. One man, one hand and one bullet
ended her life and caused a lifetime of misery and loss for so many others.
There will never be another Diane MacIver. Diane was full of life,
as she should never have been taken away from us in such a careless and
malicious way. She is today missed as much as she was on that tragic
day. In accordance with Texas plea deal, he was sentenced to fifteen years
in prison, with the last seven years to be served on probation. He
also had to agree to relinquish any entitlement to any civil settlement arising from Diane's
death. With time already served and his five year sentence for influencing a witness
completed, according to Texas attorneys, he could be paroled prior to the end
of his sentence in mid twenty twenty five. Given that Texas has already served
at least six years in prison, this technically makes him eligible for parole right
now. His attorneys told Atlanta News First that the plea deal was struck to
bring an end to something that had now dragged on into its eighth year,
with Don Samuel saying, anyone who thinks this was a well planned murder,
nobody could think that. It makes no sense to even think that was intentional
or malicious. Whether it was reckless, whether you want to define it as
gross negligence, or whether it was just simply an accident, that's debatable.
Judge McBurney too seemed satisfied with what he described as a healthier and cleaner method
of resolution that ultimately saved the state the cost of further proceedings, saying mister
mc ivor shouldn't have had that loaded gun in his hand with his finger on
the trigger. For those who seek purely punishment through this process, you're going
to be disappoint According to Atlanta News First, Text will serve the first five
years of his probation under home confinement with a seven pm to seven am curfew.
He is not to have any contact with Danny, Joe Carter, or
Billy Corey. As I explained in my original episode, I do not believe
Text intended to kill his wife. I agree that much about Texas actions after
the fact did not look good whatever way you try to spin it. He
got a lot of bad advice and made a lot of stupid mistakes, but
that doesn't make him a killer. I am probably pissing off my Atlanta area
listeners, who I know feel passionately about this case. Tex mc ivor is
not popular there, but I'm sorry. I do believe the justice system finally
worked right for this man and for Diane McIver. I just believe him,
I always have. His story makes much more sense than a planned murder in
his car in front of Diane's best friend. After my original episode aired,
Text found out about Southern Fried and his lawyer asked for a transcript of the
episode so Text could read it in prison, since he was not allowed to
listen to the podcast. Hopefully he will be able to listen to this update
soon. It's not clear exactly when Text will be released on parole, but
it seems it could literally be any day, and when he is, we
can only hope that, having done his time, he can continue processing his
grief for his wife Diane and honoring her memory. Southern Fried True Crime is
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