Jenna Jackson
Appearances
48 Hours
Post Mortem | Crossfire at the Shaughnessys'
It gives me goosebumps every time I hear that, you know, as a parent. I mean, I just don't know how you accept that news and then how you deal with it.
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Post Mortem | Crossfire at the Shaughnessys'
He's sorry he's sitting in prison for 35 years.
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Post Mortem | Crossfire at the Shaughnessys'
I mean, I think as a mom, if you told me one of my twin boys plotted to kill me, I would immediately think you were trying to frame them. Like, no one's going to believe that, you know? And I think she felt like a suspect in the beginning. And so then I think she was like, well, they're just grasping for straws. Now they're going after my kid. That's not going to happen.
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Post Mortem | Crossfire at the Shaughnessys'
You know, one of her attorneys told me a story at one point. There was a moment of realization for her that was heartbreaking. She was in a conference room at the law firm. And this was after Nick had admitted to everything, had been presented with all the evidence and, you know, Jackie had already turned against him, and he was about to take this plea deal.
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Post Mortem | Crossfire at the Shaughnessys'
And it took up till that point for Corey to hear every piece of the evidence connected and laid out in front of her. And this attorney said you could see it just wash over her. Oh, my God. He really did this. Like... And she had to leave the room because she got so emotional. And then she came back and she was like, okay, like, what's the next step?
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Post Mortem | Crossfire at the Shaughnessys'
I do too. She's in an impossible situation. There's no good answer. And at some point, even if it's the full 35 years from now, her son's gonna walk out of prison. So it makes it even more difficult
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Post Mortem | Crossfire at the Shaughnessys'
I have never heard of it. I think it's sort of brilliant. I mean...
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Post Mortem | Crossfire at the Shaughnessys'
That's right. I mean, it's still it still seems like getting off easy compared to her cohorts who are every night in prison. But, you know, I did think it was an interesting thing that was in addition to this probation that I have never heard of before.
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Post Mortem | Crossfire at the Shaughnessys'
She's an impressive woman. She really is. She had a literal shootout. Like I feel like part of that even gets missed in all this craziness. She literally had to shoot back at two hitmen who broke in in the middle of the night. I can't fathom that. And then hid in the closet when she ran out of bullets. Like there's so much trauma, you know?
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Post Mortem | Crossfire at the Shaughnessys'
Just that is traumatic. And then the rest of this craziness unfolds and it's the other person you love most in the world who did this.
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Post Mortem | Crossfire at the Shaughnessys'
Jim's exactly right. They left no detail unturned and they searched and searched to figure out who this guy was and thankfully found somebody who remembered him from four years earlier, you know, so it's pretty amazing.
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Post Mortem | Crossfire at the Shaughnessys'
And then once they drive all over the state, you know, they drove all over the state for like several days in a row to finally figure out which office of this window place. Someone remembered this guy.
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Post Mortem | Crossfire at the Shaughnessys'
And I think his parents thought he was on the right path for the most part. Corey said at one point during our conversations, he wasn't super motivated yet. I mean, I'm a mom of twin teenagers. That is not unusual. You know, I think they thought their relationship was fine.
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Post Mortem | Crossfire at the Shaughnessys'
I mean, apart from trying not to throw up, right? I knew she didn't want to talk to us because I had been to visit her twice in jail. And the second time she wouldn't even come out to say hello. So she knew who I was. She didn't want to talk. I genuinely always want to hear someone's story, whatever it is. And I feel like people always surprise you and people generally want to tell their story.
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Post Mortem | Crossfire at the Shaughnessys'
So I was just trying to be, you know, not intimidating and like, look, we're doing this story. You're a part of this story. We really want to hear what you have to say. And while she said, I don't want to talk, I said, OK, well, I'm going to ask you some questions anyway. And she just kept answering them.
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Post Mortem | Crossfire at the Shaughnessys'
She had thought about this, you know, so whatever you make of her, it at least gives a little more insight into her, which was nice.
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Post Mortem | Crossfire at the Shaughnessys'
I'm from Texas and have been crime reporting here for over 20 years. Even 35 years for a murder and an attempted murder is pretty low in Texas. I was kind of amazed at those plea deals. But Jackie did cooperate eventually with the police. She filled in some blanks. So, you know, that could be what sort of led them to these plea deal talks.
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Post Mortem | Crossfire at the Shaughnessys'
Yeah, and I don't know if we'll ever know fully what went into that decision.
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Post Mortem | Crossfire at the Shaughnessys'
Yeah, I mean, I agree with Jim. They're not answering the question that we asked.