State executes veteran who killed girlfriend, three kids in Crestview in 1998
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[{'start': '0.560', 'end': '5.040', 'text': 'A Gulf War Army veteran convicted of a'}, {'start': '2.879', 'end': '7.279', 'text': 'quadruple murder in Okaloosa County is'}, {'start': '5.040', 'end': '9.760', 'text': 'set to be executed any moment now.'}, {'start': '7.279', 'end': '11.759', 'text': 'Jeffrey Hutchinson was convicted in 2001'}, {'start': '9.760', 'end': '14.799', 'text': 'for the murder of his girlfriend and her'}, {'start': '11.759', 'end': '16.240', 'text': 'three children in Crestview in 1998.'}, {'start': '14.799', 'end': '18.400', 'text': 'Hutchinson is set to be the fourth'}, {'start': '16.240', 'end': '20.080', 'text': 'person executed in Florida this year.'}, {'start': '18.400', 'end': '22.160', 'text': 'Governor Ronda Santa signed the death'}, {'start': '20.080', 'end': '23.840', 'text': 'warrant for Hutchinson last month.'}, {'start': '22.160', 'end': '25.600', 'text': 'Yesterday, the Florida Supreme Court'}, {'start': '23.840', 'end': '28.000', 'text': 'rejected arguments that Hutchinson'}, {'start': '25.600', 'end': '30.000', 'text': 'should be spared from lethal injection.'}, {'start': '28.000', 'end': '32.079', 'text': 'Stan Hann Tanner Stewart is in the'}, {'start': '30.000', 'end': '34.480', 'text': 'studio now with a look back at the'}, {'start': '32.079', 'end': '36.480', 'text': 'murders he committed. That execution is'}, {'start': '34.480', 'end': '38.320', 'text': 'scheduled to begin right now at 5:00'}, {'start': '36.480', 'end': '39.840', 'text': 'p.m. Governor Ronda Santis said earlier'}, {'start': '38.320', 'end': '41.840', 'text': "this week there's no reason to believe"}, {'start': '39.840', 'end': '43.840', 'text': "the execution won't go through today."}, {'start': '41.840', 'end': '46.640', 'text': 'Jeffrey Hutchinson is now sat on death'}, {'start': '43.840', 'end': '48.480', 'text': 'row for almost 24 years. He may have'}, {'start': '46.640', 'end': '51.520', 'text': "taken him away from us, but we'll never"}, {'start': '48.480', 'end': '53.440', 'text': 'forget him. On September 11th, 1998,'}, {'start': '51.520', 'end': '55.440', 'text': 'Jeffrey Hutchinson left home for a bar'}, {'start': '53.440', 'end': '57.600', 'text': 'in Okaloosa County after a fight with'}, {'start': '55.440', 'end': '59.760', 'text': 'his girlfriend Renee Flity. He later'}, {'start': '57.600', 'end': '61.359', 'text': 'returned home with a 12- gauge shotgun'}, {'start': '59.760', 'end': '63.359', 'text': 'and murdered Flareity and her three'}, {'start': '61.359', 'end': '66.000', 'text': 'kids. Hutchinson confessed to killing'}, {'start': '63.359', 'end': '68.240', 'text': 'them in a 911 call, but later said it'}, {'start': '66.000', 'end': '69.840', 'text': 'was a setup. Prosecutors say Hutchinson'}, {'start': '68.240', 'end': '72.119', 'text': 'made countless attempts to stall the'}, {'start': '69.840', 'end': '75.200', 'text': 'trial. I did not kill Renee and the'}, {'start': '72.119', 'end': '78.000', 'text': 'kids, and I believe I was framed. The'}, {'start': '75.200', 'end': '79.759', 'text': 'evidence is overwhelming of his guilt.'}, {'start': '78.000', 'end': '81.360', 'text': 'The medical examiner revealed during the'}, {'start': '79.759', 'end': '82.960', 'text': "trial that it's likely two of the"}, {'start': '81.360', 'end': '85.040', 'text': 'children witnessed their mother being'}, {'start': '82.960', 'end': '87.119', 'text': 'killed before their lives were taken.'}, {'start': '85.040', 'end': '89.759', 'text': "It's believed older brother Jeffrey saw"}, {'start': '87.119', 'end': '91.520', 'text': "the horror before he was killed. Flity's"}, {'start': '89.759', 'end': '94.799', 'text': 'mother Mela Elmore and her brother'}, {'start': '91.520', 'end': '97.439', 'text': 'Wesley spoke to W in 1998 at the'}, {'start': '94.799', 'end': '100.240', 'text': 'funerals for the family. Jeffrey was was'}, {'start': '97.439', 'end': '102.560', 'text': 'a really smart kid and Amanda was she'}, {'start': '100.240', 'end': '106.000', 'text': 'was typical girl. Loved girl stuff,'}, {'start': '102.560', 'end': '107.680', 'text': 'Barbie stuff. Logan, he was just a'}, {'start': '106.000', 'end': '109.600', 'text': "bundle of little energy. I don't"}, {'start': '107.680', 'end': '113.240', 'text': 'understand either how how he could take'}, {'start': '109.600', 'end': '117.560', 'text': 'their lies. my daughter. He was mad at'}, {'start': '113.240', 'end': '120.079', 'text': "her and I'll take her life, but why the"}, {'start': '117.560', 'end': '121.759', 'text': 'children? Why not let them live?'}, {'start': '120.079', 'end': '123.520', 'text': "Hutchinson's family and friends say he"}, {'start': '121.759', 'end': '125.840', 'text': 'suffered from Gulf War syndrome and'}, {'start': '123.520', 'end': '128.080', 'text': 'bipolar disorder. Hutchinson was an Army'}, {'start': '125.840', 'end': '130.720', 'text': 'Ranger and combat veteran. His son told'}, {'start': '128.080', 'end': '132.959', 'text': 'W shortly after the murder, his behavior'}, {'start': '130.720', 'end': '135.280', 'text': 'was unpredictable. He just like had'}, {'start': '132.959', 'end': '136.800', 'text': 'sudden mood swings. Same happens to me'}, {'start': '135.280', 'end': '138.000', 'text': "and stuff. Like one minute you're all"}, {'start': '136.800', 'end': '140.480', 'text': "calm and the next minute you're getting"}, {'start': '138.000', 'end': '142.640', 'text': "really mad. I'm kind of sad cuz I mean I"}, {'start': '140.480', 'end': '144.400', 'text': "don't want my dad to be in jail, but I"}, {'start': '142.640', 'end': '146.480', 'text': 'mean he should be in jail and have some'}, {'start': '144.400', 'end': '148.400', 'text': 'psychiatric help. Others say there was'}, {'start': '146.480', 'end': '152.080', 'text': 'never reason to believe Hutchinson would'}, {'start': '148.400', 'end': '153.519', 'text': 'hurt Flity or her kids. I mean, they did'}, {'start': '152.080', 'end': '155.239', 'text': 'everything together just like I do with'}, {'start': '153.519', 'end': '157.760', 'text': 'my kids. There was'}, {'start': '155.239', 'end': '159.680', 'text': "no, you know, you're not my kids type"}, {'start': '157.760', 'end': '161.680', 'text': 'deal. It was just, you would have'}, {'start': '159.680', 'end': '162.959', 'text': "thought there wasn't, they were all his"}, {'start': '161.680', 'end': '164.800', 'text': "kids. I mean, that's the way he treated"}, {'start': '162.959', 'end': '167.360', 'text': "them and that's the way they all acted."}, {'start': '164.800', 'end': '169.360', 'text': "I haven't slept much. Haven't slept"}, {'start': '167.360', 'end': '172.400', 'text': 'much.'}, {'start': '169.360', 'end': '174.000', 'text': 'What do you think about'}, {'start': '172.400', 'end': '176.720', 'text': 'I think about a three-letter question'}, {'start': '174.000', 'end': '179.440', 'text': "that I'm going to take to my grave."}, {'start': '176.720', 'end': '182.159', 'text': 'Why? He knew exactly what he did. He'}, {'start': '179.440', 'end': '184.480', 'text': 'murdered children uh and he murdered the'}, {'start': '182.159', 'end': '186.239', 'text': 'murdered a woman in cold blood. This'}, {'start': '184.480', 'end': '188.400', 'text': 'week, Governor Ronda Santis says Jeffrey'}, {'start': '186.239', 'end': '190.879', 'text': "Hutchinson's criminal history leaves no"}, {'start': '188.400', 'end': '192.239', 'text': 'doubt he is where he belongs. We think'}, {'start': '190.879', 'end': '194.000', 'text': "he's murdered other people beyond that,"}, {'start': '192.239', 'end': '196.159', 'text': 'but obviously he got sentenced for this.'}, {'start': '194.000', 'end': '198.640', 'text': 'So the death penalty is the appropriate'}, {'start': '196.159', 'end': '201.200', 'text': "punishment for somebody that's committed"}, {'start': '198.640', 'end': '201.200', 'text': 'crimes this'}, {'start': '201.879', 'end': '206.640', 'text': 'heinous. Florida uses a single drug'}, {'start': '204.440', 'end': '208.959', 'text': 'pintobatital in its lethal injection'}, {'start': '206.640', 'end': '211.760', 'text': 'process. The executioner is a private'}, {'start': '208.959', 'end': '213.519', 'text': "citizen paid $150 per execution. They're"}, {'start': '211.760', 'end': '215.480', 'text': 'chosen by the warden. They can remain'}, {'start': '213.519', 'end': '219.120', 'text': 'anonymous under state law. There are now'}, {'start': '215.480', 'end': '221.120', 'text': '273 inmates after Jeffrey Hutchinson on'}, {'start': '219.120', 'end': '223.760', 'text': "Florida's death row. In the studio, I'm"}, {'start': '221.120', 'end': '223.760', 'text': 'Tanner Stewart.'}]