In a press release promoting the program 20/20 says that it will present “surprising revelations, including Laramie’s underground world of methamphetamine use that may have contributed to the crime and whether or not Shepard knew his killers.”
The ABC promotion says that their first interviews since they were convicted, McKinney and Henderson now claim Shepard’s sexuality had nothing to do with the crime.
“The murder of Matthew Shepard was and is a heinous and vicious crime,” ABC News spokesman Jeffrey Schneider told the Post.
“Exploring and re-examining the facts around that murder in a very thoughtful and in-depth way is the very essence of responsible journalism. This new information in no way diminishes the importance of the national conversation that took place after Matthew Shepard’s murder.”
How utterly disgusting it is of ABC News to do this.
[via The Man]