1 00:00:05,689 --> 00:00:07,440 {\an8}- In the criminal justice system, 2 00:00:07,441 --> 00:00:08,841 {\an8}the people are represented 3 00:00:08,842 --> 00:00:11,177 {\an8}by two separate, yet equally important groups: 4 00:00:11,178 --> 00:00:13,045 {\an8}the police, who investigate crime, 5 00:00:13,046 --> 00:00:15,741 {\an8}and the district attorneys, who prosecute the offenders. 6 00:00:15,841 --> 00:00:17,768 {\an8}These are their stories. 7 00:00:24,983 --> 00:00:27,361 - No, I'm not nervous. 8 00:00:30,697 --> 00:00:33,267 It's hard to explain. 9 00:00:33,367 --> 00:00:36,036 Exactly, and I just... 10 00:00:37,070 --> 00:00:38,838 OK. 11 00:00:38,839 --> 00:00:41,198 Thank you. 12 00:00:41,199 --> 00:00:43,101 Bye. 13 00:00:43,201 --> 00:00:47,080 ♪ Hate that I made you love me ♪ 14 00:00:47,180 --> 00:00:50,750 ♪ 'Cause I barely tried ♪ 15 00:00:50,751 --> 00:00:53,619 ♪ Yeah, I, I, I hate that I ♪ 16 00:00:53,620 --> 00:00:54,754 - Miss. - Oh, my God. 17 00:00:54,755 --> 00:00:56,188 You scared me. - Sorry. 18 00:00:57,716 --> 00:00:59,392 Would you like an escort? 19 00:00:59,393 --> 00:01:00,953 It's not safe to be walking alone here at night. 20 00:01:01,053 --> 00:01:02,329 I'm fine. I'm not going far. 21 00:01:02,462 --> 00:01:03,455 - Are you sure? 22 00:01:03,555 --> 00:01:04,665 It's no trouble. 23 00:01:04,798 --> 00:01:07,224 - Thank you, but I'm good. 24 00:01:07,225 --> 00:01:09,903 In fact, I've never been better. 25 00:01:11,071 --> 00:01:14,699 - ♪ 'Cause I barely tried ♪ 26 00:01:14,700 --> 00:01:16,901 ♪ Yeah, I, I, I ♪ 27 00:01:24,584 --> 00:01:26,520 - Hey, man. 28 00:01:26,653 --> 00:01:27,854 - Hey. 29 00:01:27,988 --> 00:01:29,147 Not a morning person, huh? 30 00:01:29,247 --> 00:01:31,649 - Right. Who's the vic? 31 00:01:31,650 --> 00:01:33,426 - Grace Zhou, 24 years old. 32 00:01:33,427 --> 00:01:35,429 Roommate found the body. She called 911. 33 00:01:35,529 --> 00:01:37,588 - Any signs of a break-in? - Nope. 34 00:01:37,589 --> 00:01:39,933 Jewelry, purse, fancy headphones 35 00:01:40,033 --> 00:01:41,167 all accounted for. 36 00:01:41,168 --> 00:01:42,226 {\an8}We're missing the phone, though. 37 00:01:42,227 --> 00:01:43,036 {\an8}We got a trace on it. 38 00:01:43,170 --> 00:01:44,104 {\an8}- We got a cause of death? 39 00:01:44,204 --> 00:01:46,038 Looks like asphyxiation via pillow. 40 00:01:46,039 --> 00:01:47,708 But she looks peaceful, like she was asleep. 41 00:01:47,841 --> 00:01:50,710 Yeah, but the body was posed postmortem. 42 00:01:50,711 --> 00:01:53,004 And based on body temperature and lividity, 43 00:01:53,005 --> 00:01:54,147 I'm estimating time of death 44 00:01:54,247 --> 00:01:56,182 between 2:00 and 4:00 this morning. 45 00:01:56,183 --> 00:01:57,683 Find any signs of sexual assault? 46 00:01:57,684 --> 00:01:58,934 - Marvel at the light, gentlemen. 47 00:01:58,935 --> 00:02:00,353 It reveals all. 48 00:02:03,348 --> 00:02:04,690 ♪ ♪ 49 00:02:04,691 --> 00:02:07,259 Looks like our guy's a dribbler. 50 00:02:07,260 --> 00:02:09,795 - Let's bag that for testing. 51 00:02:09,796 --> 00:02:11,263 - She was a med student? 52 00:02:11,264 --> 00:02:14,116 Primum non nocere. 53 00:02:14,117 --> 00:02:16,027 Hippocratic oath. 54 00:02:16,028 --> 00:02:17,971 First, do no harm. 55 00:02:22,075 --> 00:02:29,149 ♪ ♪ 56 00:03:05,152 --> 00:03:06,652 I got home around 7:00 this morning. 57 00:03:06,653 --> 00:03:07,820 Grace's bedroom door was open. 58 00:03:07,821 --> 00:03:09,089 That's why I knew something was wrong. 59 00:03:09,189 --> 00:03:10,123 Grace never left her door open. 60 00:03:10,223 --> 00:03:11,791 {\an8}- And how long did you two live together? 61 00:03:11,792 --> 00:03:13,193 {\an8}- A little more than a year. 62 00:03:13,293 --> 00:03:14,351 {\an8}She answered my roommate ad 63 00:03:14,352 --> 00:03:16,228 {\an8}on the med school housing board. 64 00:03:16,229 --> 00:03:17,597 {\an8}I didn't want a roommate, 65 00:03:17,698 --> 00:03:19,999 {\an8}but even a fifth floor walk-up costs a fortune in the city. 66 00:03:20,000 --> 00:03:21,934 {\an8}- And was she in the habit of having, you know, 67 00:03:21,935 --> 00:03:24,170 {\an8}like, late-night visitors? - No. 68 00:03:24,171 --> 00:03:27,240 {\an8}Honestly, I kind of got loner vibes from her. 69 00:03:27,340 --> 00:03:29,476 {\an8}She was always shut up in her room by herself. 70 00:03:29,576 --> 00:03:30,709 {\an8}The walls are paper-thin. 71 00:03:30,710 --> 00:03:32,479 {\an8}If she had anybody over, I would've heard. 72 00:03:32,579 --> 00:03:34,046 {\an8}- So no friends? 73 00:03:34,047 --> 00:03:36,248 {\an8}Boyfriend? Girlfriend? 74 00:03:36,249 --> 00:03:38,442 {\an8}Can you think of anybody who might want to hurt her? 75 00:03:38,443 --> 00:03:39,886 {\an8}- I really... I couldn't say. 76 00:03:41,455 --> 00:03:42,656 {\an8}What? 77 00:03:42,789 --> 00:03:44,039 {\an8}- You lived with her for a year, 78 00:03:44,040 --> 00:03:45,291 {\an8}and yet you know nothing about her. 79 00:03:45,292 --> 00:03:47,426 {\an8}- Look, med school's intense, OK? 80 00:03:47,427 --> 00:03:49,729 {\an8}The less time you waste on small talk, the better. 81 00:03:49,730 --> 00:03:51,464 {\an8}- You know, most people would be pretty shook up. 82 00:03:51,465 --> 00:03:53,066 {\an8}You come home, you find your roommate dead. 83 00:03:53,166 --> 00:03:55,401 {\an8}- Well, I just finished my surgery rotation, 84 00:03:55,402 --> 00:03:57,696 {\an8}so I've seen my share of dead bodies. 85 00:04:00,966 --> 00:04:02,708 {\an8}- Where were you last night? 86 00:04:02,709 --> 00:04:04,226 {\an8}- At St. Vincent's. 87 00:04:04,227 --> 00:04:05,971 {\an8}I'm in my ER rotation now. 88 00:04:06,071 --> 00:04:07,180 {\an8}Do you need some names? 89 00:04:07,314 --> 00:04:08,581 {\an8}- Yeah, actually. 90 00:04:08,582 --> 00:04:09,850 {\an8}And numbers. 91 00:04:09,983 --> 00:04:11,810 {\an8}Hold on. Hold on. One last thing. 92 00:04:12,644 --> 00:04:16,047 {\an8}Have you noticed anything unusual about Grace recently? 93 00:04:17,090 --> 00:04:18,958 {\an8}Anything? - Lately, she just... 94 00:04:18,959 --> 00:04:20,993 {\an8}she seemed to be in a good mood. 95 00:04:20,994 --> 00:04:22,996 {\an8}And she left the apartment a lot more too. 96 00:04:23,096 --> 00:04:24,656 {\an8}- You know where she was going? 97 00:04:24,756 --> 00:04:25,865 {\an8}- Not really. 98 00:04:25,866 --> 00:04:26,933 {\an8}I mean, at least some of the time, 99 00:04:27,033 --> 00:04:28,160 {\an8}I know she was visiting her parents 100 00:04:28,260 --> 00:04:29,519 {\an8}out in Flushing. 101 00:04:32,038 --> 00:04:33,607 {\an8}- Grace never hurt anyone. 102 00:04:35,242 --> 00:04:37,110 {\an8}She never caused any problems. 103 00:04:38,779 --> 00:04:41,006 {\an8}I don't understand how this could happen to her. 104 00:04:41,106 --> 00:04:42,948 {\an8}- Could you tell us more about your daughter's life... 105 00:04:42,949 --> 00:04:45,510 {\an8}the people she knew, her friends, social groups? 106 00:04:45,610 --> 00:04:47,120 {\an8}- Grace was shy. 107 00:04:49,022 --> 00:04:51,850 {\an8}Like, making friends was never easy for her. 108 00:04:51,950 --> 00:04:53,059 {\an8}She was smart. 109 00:04:53,193 --> 00:04:54,927 {\an8}She worked so hard to get into med school. 110 00:04:54,928 --> 00:04:57,021 {\an8}- We were so proud. 111 00:04:57,022 --> 00:04:58,732 {\an8}- When was the last time you saw your daughter? 112 00:04:58,865 --> 00:05:00,499 {\an8}- A few days ago. 113 00:05:00,500 --> 00:05:02,526 {\an8}She came home for dinner. 114 00:05:02,527 --> 00:05:04,628 {\an8}We hadn't seen much of her because of school, 115 00:05:04,629 --> 00:05:07,532 {\an8}but she was visiting a lot more recently. 116 00:05:07,632 --> 00:05:11,011 {\an8}- Grace struggled with med school at first. 117 00:05:11,111 --> 00:05:15,614 {\an8}But then she learned to adjust, like we knew she would. 118 00:05:15,615 --> 00:05:19,018 {\an8}- Did she seem upset or scared when you saw her? 119 00:05:19,019 --> 00:05:20,819 {\an8}Mention anything unusual? 120 00:05:20,820 --> 00:05:23,723 {\an8}- No, she was... she was really happy, 121 00:05:23,824 --> 00:05:25,759 {\an8}like everything was going well. 122 00:05:25,859 --> 00:05:27,860 {\an8}- I'm sorry to have to ask this question, 123 00:05:27,861 --> 00:05:30,145 {\an8}but do you know of anyone who might have wanted to hurt her? 124 00:05:30,146 --> 00:05:32,648 {\an8} 125 00:05:32,649 --> 00:05:33,724 {\an8}- 126 00:05:33,725 --> 00:05:34,934 {\an8}- Her parents said she'd been dating 127 00:05:34,935 --> 00:05:37,461 {\an8}fellow grad student Curtis Foster. 128 00:05:37,462 --> 00:05:38,705 {\an8}She ended it last month. 129 00:05:38,805 --> 00:05:40,606 {\an8}- OK, let me guess. He didn't take it so well. 130 00:05:40,607 --> 00:05:41,732 {\an8}- Excellent guess. 131 00:05:41,733 --> 00:05:42,741 {\an8}They said he'd been hounding her, 132 00:05:42,742 --> 00:05:43,642 {\an8}calling her day and night, 133 00:05:43,643 --> 00:05:44,945 {\an8}begging her to take him back. 134 00:05:45,078 --> 00:05:47,313 {\an8}- OK, bad breakup, ex-boyfriend. 135 00:05:47,314 --> 00:05:49,049 {\an8}Unfortunately, this one's a classic. 136 00:05:49,149 --> 00:05:50,616 {\an8}Where are we with her missing phone? 137 00:05:50,617 --> 00:05:53,085 {\an8}- Yeah, we tried pinging it. Nothing so far. 138 00:05:53,086 --> 00:05:54,286 {\an8}The killer must've turned it off. 139 00:05:54,287 --> 00:05:56,055 {\an8}- You get any text messages from the cloud? 140 00:05:56,056 --> 00:05:57,590 {\an8}- Still waiting for the carrier to get back to us, 141 00:05:57,591 --> 00:05:58,892 {\an8}but we did get the call log back, though. 142 00:05:58,992 --> 00:06:00,659 {\an8}Guess who her last phone call was to. 143 00:06:00,660 --> 00:06:01,694 {\an8}- The ex-boyfriend. 144 00:06:01,695 --> 00:06:02,920 {\an8}- Oh, you're good at this, huh? 145 00:06:02,921 --> 00:06:04,588 {\an8}- Occam's razor. It's always the ex-boyfriend. 146 00:06:04,589 --> 00:06:05,732 {\an8}- Mm-hmm. 147 00:06:05,832 --> 00:06:07,666 {\an8}Vic made the call a few hours before the murder. 148 00:06:07,667 --> 00:06:08,702 {\an8}Lasted two minutes. 149 00:06:10,503 --> 00:06:12,372 {\an8}- I can't believe Grace is dead. 150 00:06:13,506 --> 00:06:15,432 {\an8}Grace was considering a psych rotation 151 00:06:15,433 --> 00:06:17,268 {\an8}in her third year. 152 00:06:17,269 --> 00:06:18,844 {\an8}Came in with some questions. 153 00:06:18,845 --> 00:06:21,081 {\an8}- How long were you together? 154 00:06:21,181 --> 00:06:24,550 {\an8}- It depends on what you consider a first date. 155 00:06:24,551 --> 00:06:25,751 {\an8}Grace was really shy. 156 00:06:25,752 --> 00:06:28,087 {\an8}She was, um... 157 00:06:28,088 --> 00:06:30,022 {\an8}an introvert. 158 00:06:30,023 --> 00:06:31,157 {\an8}Do you mind if we... 159 00:06:31,291 --> 00:06:32,658 {\an8}- No, not at all. 160 00:06:32,659 --> 00:06:33,927 {\an8}- Thanks. 161 00:06:34,027 --> 00:06:36,895 {\an8}- So you had to make the first move? 162 00:06:36,896 --> 00:06:39,957 {\an8}- And second, third, and fourth. 163 00:06:39,958 --> 00:06:41,734 {\an8}- Wow, you sound persistent. 164 00:06:41,735 --> 00:06:43,003 {\an8}- I really liked her. 165 00:06:43,103 --> 00:06:45,471 {\an8}She was smart, sensitive. 166 00:06:45,472 --> 00:06:47,841 {\an8}And we were together for about six months after that. 167 00:06:47,974 --> 00:06:50,075 {\an8}- What led to the breakup? 168 00:06:50,076 --> 00:06:52,303 {\an8}- She said she didn't see a future for us. 169 00:06:52,304 --> 00:06:55,639 {\an8}- That's it? No explanation? 170 00:06:55,640 --> 00:06:57,284 {\an8}- Once Grace made up her mind about something, 171 00:06:57,384 --> 00:06:59,152 {\an8}there was no debate. - OK. 172 00:06:59,252 --> 00:07:01,387 {\an8}That would have made me pretty upset. 173 00:07:01,388 --> 00:07:03,889 {\an8}- I wallowed in self-pity for a week. 174 00:07:03,890 --> 00:07:05,582 {\an8}- We heard you remained, uh... 175 00:07:05,583 --> 00:07:06,750 {\an8}what's the word you said? 176 00:07:06,751 --> 00:07:08,861 {\an8}Uh... - Persistent. 177 00:07:08,862 --> 00:07:10,363 {\an8}- Very persistent. 178 00:07:10,497 --> 00:07:12,089 {\an8}- I still cared about her. 179 00:07:12,090 --> 00:07:13,757 {\an8}That's all. - Mm-hmm. 180 00:07:13,758 --> 00:07:16,085 {\an8}- But I eventually got the memo. 181 00:07:16,086 --> 00:07:17,536 {\an8}I left her alone. 182 00:07:17,537 --> 00:07:19,096 {\an8}- She called you last night. 183 00:07:19,097 --> 00:07:21,507 {\an8}- Yeah, I was surprised to hear from her. 184 00:07:21,508 --> 00:07:24,501 {\an8}We hadn't really spoken since the breakup. 185 00:07:24,502 --> 00:07:27,746 {\an8}She suggested we meet up, um, but I couldn't. 186 00:07:27,747 --> 00:07:28,948 {\an8}- Why not? 187 00:07:29,950 --> 00:07:31,917 {\an8}- I was at a concert. 188 00:07:31,918 --> 00:07:34,079 {\an8}Gooseberry at the Sonic Room. 189 00:07:36,489 --> 00:07:38,615 {\an8}- Hey, Curtis Foster's alibi checks out. 190 00:07:38,616 --> 00:07:41,193 {\an8}Picked up his ticket at will call, had to show ID. 191 00:07:41,194 --> 00:07:43,262 {\an8}- OK, so much for Occam's razor. 192 00:07:43,263 --> 00:07:44,521 {\an8}Forensics came back. 193 00:07:44,522 --> 00:07:46,032 {\an8}They managed to extract DNA 194 00:07:46,132 --> 00:07:47,701 {\an8}from the stain on the mattress. 195 00:07:47,801 --> 00:07:49,268 {\an8}Male, not in the system. 196 00:07:49,269 --> 00:07:51,529 {\an8}But get this... it's not semen. 197 00:07:51,629 --> 00:07:52,930 - What was it? 198 00:07:52,931 --> 00:07:55,207 - Sodium and potassium chloride 199 00:07:55,208 --> 00:07:57,643 with other significant protein indicators... 200 00:07:57,644 --> 00:07:59,212 human tears. 201 00:07:59,312 --> 00:08:00,879 - That's extra creepy. 202 00:08:00,880 --> 00:08:02,381 Wouldn't be the first time someone cried 203 00:08:02,382 --> 00:08:04,133 after committing murder. 204 00:08:04,134 --> 00:08:05,451 - ME just called. 205 00:08:05,452 --> 00:08:06,945 Something she wants us to see. 206 00:08:09,422 --> 00:08:11,924 Cause of death was asphyxiation. 207 00:08:11,925 --> 00:08:14,727 I found cotton fibers in her nasal passageway, 208 00:08:14,728 --> 00:08:16,096 mouth, and lungs. 209 00:08:16,229 --> 00:08:18,223 Traces of her saliva on the pillow confirm 210 00:08:18,323 --> 00:08:20,165 it was the murder weapon. - Right. 211 00:08:20,166 --> 00:08:21,600 We got all this from the crime scene. 212 00:08:21,601 --> 00:08:23,302 Well, I haven't gotten to the weird part yet. 213 00:08:23,303 --> 00:08:24,404 Look here. 214 00:08:24,504 --> 00:08:27,740 Two small puncture wounds on her left arm. 215 00:08:29,242 --> 00:08:31,244 One on her right. 216 00:08:31,344 --> 00:08:32,778 - Was that needle drugs? 217 00:08:32,779 --> 00:08:35,581 - Yes, but not the fun ones. 218 00:08:35,582 --> 00:08:37,750 The tox report shows significant quantities 219 00:08:37,751 --> 00:08:40,720 of sodium thiopental, pancuronium bromide, 220 00:08:40,820 --> 00:08:43,223 and potassium chloride in her system. 221 00:08:43,323 --> 00:08:47,251 They're the drugs that prisons use for lethal injections. 222 00:08:47,252 --> 00:08:49,728 ♪ ♪ 223 00:08:49,729 --> 00:08:51,997 - Wasn't just a murder. 224 00:08:51,998 --> 00:08:53,700 It was an execution. 225 00:08:53,800 --> 00:08:59,289 ♪ ♪ 226 00:09:05,070 --> 00:09:07,514 Seems like overkill to smother someone with a pillow 227 00:09:07,614 --> 00:09:10,316 after you've shot them up with lethal injection drugs. 228 00:09:10,417 --> 00:09:12,351 These drugs don't always work the way they're supposed to. 229 00:09:12,352 --> 00:09:14,219 Wrong dosage, interacts poorly 230 00:09:14,220 --> 00:09:15,687 with something already in the system... 231 00:09:15,688 --> 00:09:17,156 a lot of things can go wrong. 232 00:09:17,157 --> 00:09:19,191 That's why they botch executions all the time. 233 00:09:19,192 --> 00:09:21,860 Look what happened to that woman in Tennessee. 234 00:09:21,861 --> 00:09:26,331 So our murderer subdues the victim, 235 00:09:26,332 --> 00:09:28,067 injects the drugs. 236 00:09:28,068 --> 00:09:30,335 Something goes sideways, 237 00:09:30,336 --> 00:09:32,404 so he smothers her instead? 238 00:09:32,405 --> 00:09:34,206 - I think it's possible. 239 00:09:34,207 --> 00:09:36,067 - Well, in any case, 240 00:09:36,167 --> 00:09:38,403 we're dealing with a very disturbed human being 241 00:09:38,503 --> 00:09:41,071 who has access to these drugs and knows how to use them. 242 00:09:41,072 --> 00:09:42,414 - So the vic's messages 243 00:09:42,415 --> 00:09:44,541 from the phone company finally landed. 244 00:09:44,542 --> 00:09:46,019 She received a threatening text 245 00:09:46,119 --> 00:09:47,920 a couple of days before she died 246 00:09:47,921 --> 00:09:50,840 from a fellow med student named Todd Long. 247 00:09:52,425 --> 00:09:54,159 "Keep your mouth shut. 248 00:09:54,160 --> 00:09:57,564 If you tell anyone, we'll both be in huge trouble." 249 00:09:57,664 --> 00:09:58,932 - Go talk to him. 250 00:10:00,767 --> 00:10:02,067 - It wasn't a threat. 251 00:10:02,068 --> 00:10:03,760 I was trying to protect Grace. 252 00:10:03,761 --> 00:10:05,762 - "Keep your mouth shut"? 253 00:10:05,763 --> 00:10:07,340 OK, I probably could've said that better, 254 00:10:07,440 --> 00:10:09,267 but it wasn't like that. 255 00:10:09,367 --> 00:10:10,776 - Enlighten us then. 256 00:10:10,777 --> 00:10:12,936 Our professor assigned a take-home exam. 257 00:10:12,937 --> 00:10:16,081 Grace saw I was a mess and offered to do it for me. 258 00:10:16,082 --> 00:10:17,283 The problem was, the professor could tell 259 00:10:17,383 --> 00:10:19,252 I didn't write the answers. - OK. 260 00:10:19,352 --> 00:10:21,854 So why were you texting her to keep her mouth shut? 261 00:10:21,855 --> 00:10:24,424 Because Grace still wanted to come clean. 262 00:10:24,524 --> 00:10:26,259 She thought that if she took the fall for it, 263 00:10:26,359 --> 00:10:27,694 that it would get me reinstated. 264 00:10:27,794 --> 00:10:30,362 I... I tried to tell her it wouldn't work, 265 00:10:30,363 --> 00:10:32,966 but it's like she didn't care if she got kicked out. 266 00:10:35,368 --> 00:10:37,035 All right. Where were you two nights ago? 267 00:10:37,036 --> 00:10:39,304 - At urgent care. 268 00:10:39,305 --> 00:10:41,407 I had food poisoning. 269 00:10:41,508 --> 00:10:42,608 - Do you know of anyone 270 00:10:42,609 --> 00:10:44,276 who had any kind of issue with Grace? 271 00:10:44,277 --> 00:10:47,112 - I... um, Dr. Reddy. 272 00:10:47,113 --> 00:10:49,474 Yeah, he's a faculty advisor. 273 00:10:49,574 --> 00:10:52,110 A few days ago, I saw the two of them arguing. 274 00:10:54,479 --> 00:10:56,588 Lieu, Long's alibi checks out. 275 00:10:56,589 --> 00:10:58,458 He was in the infirmary all night, 276 00:10:58,558 --> 00:11:00,292 hooked up to a banana bag. 277 00:11:00,293 --> 00:11:01,627 - His DNA was clear. 278 00:11:01,628 --> 00:11:04,397 OK, what about this faculty advisor? 279 00:11:04,497 --> 00:11:06,232 - Dr. Aekansh Reddy... 280 00:11:06,332 --> 00:11:08,468 we tracked down the security cam footage 281 00:11:08,568 --> 00:11:10,161 of the fight that Long witnessed. 282 00:11:10,261 --> 00:11:12,496 Looks like they're really going at it. 283 00:11:12,497 --> 00:11:15,299 OK, not your average student-teacher conference. 284 00:11:15,300 --> 00:11:16,843 Do we know what they're arguing about? 285 00:11:16,943 --> 00:11:19,411 Turns out, Reddy's a controversial figure, 286 00:11:19,412 --> 00:11:22,247 and our vic actually led a student protest against him. 287 00:11:22,248 --> 00:11:23,782 Tried to get his tenure revoked. 288 00:11:23,783 --> 00:11:26,119 Our quiet med student tried to get her advisor fired? 289 00:11:26,219 --> 00:11:27,352 Why? 290 00:11:27,353 --> 00:11:28,812 She went crazy when she found out that 291 00:11:28,813 --> 00:11:31,524 he was a consultant for federal penitentiaries. 292 00:11:32,225 --> 00:11:33,860 He advised on lethal injections. 293 00:11:35,428 --> 00:11:37,763 So you're a doctor who specializes in killing people. 294 00:11:37,764 --> 00:11:39,265 That's a gross oversimplification 295 00:11:39,365 --> 00:11:40,657 of my work, Detective. 296 00:11:40,658 --> 00:11:42,167 - Seems pretty simple. 297 00:11:42,168 --> 00:11:43,169 You help people die. 298 00:11:43,269 --> 00:11:44,469 - Die humanely. 299 00:11:44,470 --> 00:11:46,197 Grace Zhou didn't see it that way. 300 00:11:46,297 --> 00:11:49,641 Sometimes med students have a very naive understanding 301 00:11:49,642 --> 00:11:51,311 of how the real world works. 302 00:11:51,411 --> 00:11:54,204 My job is to help execute people 303 00:11:54,205 --> 00:11:55,781 society has already condemned to death. 304 00:11:55,782 --> 00:11:58,650 I'm just ensuring that medical protocols are up to date 305 00:11:58,651 --> 00:12:00,720 in order to minimize their pain and suffering. 306 00:12:02,647 --> 00:12:05,157 And Grace eventually began to see it that way. 307 00:12:05,158 --> 00:12:06,976 She saw the value in what I'm doing. 308 00:12:08,194 --> 00:12:10,229 This look like a kumbaya moment to you? 309 00:12:11,230 --> 00:12:12,331 - You've got it wrong. 310 00:12:12,332 --> 00:12:14,400 I... that wasn't about the petition. 311 00:12:14,500 --> 00:12:16,736 Like I said, she and I had patched things up. 312 00:12:16,836 --> 00:12:19,196 Didn't look very patched up to me. 313 00:12:19,197 --> 00:12:21,365 I was yelling about something else. 314 00:12:21,366 --> 00:12:23,709 She had just informed me that she was dropping out. 315 00:12:23,710 --> 00:12:25,211 Grace was quitting medical school? 316 00:12:25,311 --> 00:12:26,511 - Yes. 317 00:12:26,512 --> 00:12:27,738 And I thought that was a mistake. 318 00:12:27,739 --> 00:12:30,575 I didn't want her to throw her life away. 319 00:12:30,675 --> 00:12:33,252 Obviously, I... I got worked up, 320 00:12:33,353 --> 00:12:35,220 but out of frustration, not anger. 321 00:12:35,221 --> 00:12:37,155 Where were you the night of her murder? 322 00:12:37,156 --> 00:12:39,591 In Florida, consulting on an execution. 323 00:12:39,592 --> 00:12:40,826 I flew back yesterday. 324 00:12:40,827 --> 00:12:42,594 Would you submit to a DNA test? 325 00:12:42,595 --> 00:12:44,496 - Of course. - OK. 326 00:12:44,497 --> 00:12:46,266 Did Grace tell you why she was dropping out? 327 00:12:46,366 --> 00:12:47,700 - No... 328 00:12:47,800 --> 00:12:49,534 but I have my suspicions. 329 00:12:49,535 --> 00:12:51,336 She was interning at a research lab. 330 00:12:51,337 --> 00:12:54,207 Lead researcher is a man named Anton Visser. 331 00:12:54,307 --> 00:12:55,708 She really admired him, 332 00:12:55,808 --> 00:12:58,511 but something happened recently. 333 00:12:58,611 --> 00:13:00,213 I mentioned his name last week, 334 00:13:00,313 --> 00:13:02,547 and she said she didn't want anything to do with him. 335 00:13:02,548 --> 00:13:06,110 And then out of nowhere, she decides to drop out? 336 00:13:06,210 --> 00:13:07,886 She was sleeping with him, and he dumped her? 337 00:13:07,887 --> 00:13:08,955 Is that what you're saying? 338 00:13:15,762 --> 00:13:17,429 {\an8}- What was your relationship with Grace Zhou? 339 00:13:17,430 --> 00:13:19,123 - She worked here at the lab. 340 00:13:19,223 --> 00:13:20,866 Were you two romantically involved? 341 00:13:20,867 --> 00:13:22,701 - Excuse me? - No, don't get offended, Doc. 342 00:13:22,702 --> 00:13:24,637 We heard you guys were spending a lot of late nights together. 343 00:13:24,737 --> 00:13:26,538 Our relationship was completely professional. 344 00:13:26,539 --> 00:13:28,206 Grace was helping me review some recent clinical data 345 00:13:28,207 --> 00:13:29,599 for a new drug. 346 00:13:29,600 --> 00:13:31,276 You don't have more qualified staff for that? 347 00:13:31,277 --> 00:13:33,470 She asked to be part of the review. 348 00:13:33,471 --> 00:13:36,048 She was very invested in this particular project. 349 00:13:36,049 --> 00:13:38,308 Do you keep a stock of sodium thiopental 350 00:13:38,309 --> 00:13:39,384 here in the lab? 351 00:13:40,611 --> 00:13:42,387 - Yes. Why? 352 00:13:42,388 --> 00:13:43,923 What about pancuronium bromide? 353 00:13:44,023 --> 00:13:45,123 You got that? 354 00:13:45,124 --> 00:13:46,326 Potassium chloride? 355 00:13:46,426 --> 00:13:48,318 ♪ ♪ 356 00:13:48,319 --> 00:13:50,663 Yeah, we're gonna need to see an inventory list. 357 00:13:50,763 --> 00:13:52,597 ♪ ♪ 358 00:13:52,598 --> 00:13:54,000 - I want a lawyer. 359 00:13:54,100 --> 00:13:55,635 ♪ ♪ 360 00:13:55,735 --> 00:13:57,169 - That was quick. 361 00:13:57,170 --> 00:13:58,671 Looks like you got another late night ahead of you. 362 00:14:05,695 --> 00:14:07,138 - So... 363 00:14:07,238 --> 00:14:08,839 we searched your lab, Mr. Visser. 364 00:14:08,840 --> 00:14:09,831 - Dr. Visser. 365 00:14:09,832 --> 00:14:11,316 - Sure, whatever. 366 00:14:11,317 --> 00:14:13,010 And do you know what we found? 367 00:14:13,111 --> 00:14:17,247 Missing vials of sodium thiopental, 368 00:14:17,248 --> 00:14:20,525 pancuronium bromide, and potassium chloride, 369 00:14:20,526 --> 00:14:23,061 all in the exact amounts that were found 370 00:14:23,062 --> 00:14:25,697 in the body of Grace Zhou at the time of the murder. 371 00:14:25,698 --> 00:14:27,566 My client had nothing to do with that. 372 00:14:27,567 --> 00:14:30,369 - Well, I think he did. 373 00:14:31,671 --> 00:14:33,688 I think you had an inappropriate relationship 374 00:14:33,689 --> 00:14:35,907 with her, and she threatened to expose you. 375 00:14:35,908 --> 00:14:38,377 There was nothing sexual or romantic between us. 376 00:14:38,378 --> 00:14:39,544 I've done nothing wrong. 377 00:14:39,545 --> 00:14:40,713 - Then why is he here? 378 00:14:44,083 --> 00:14:46,018 - I'm just being careful. - Why? 379 00:14:46,119 --> 00:14:47,970 Because I didn't report the drugs missing. 380 00:14:49,380 --> 00:14:51,023 - Why is that? 381 00:14:51,124 --> 00:14:53,450 I was hoping they were just mislabeled or misplaced. 382 00:14:53,451 --> 00:14:55,794 I was trying to track them down before anyone noticed. 383 00:14:55,795 --> 00:14:57,363 I was trying to avoid a scandal. 384 00:14:57,463 --> 00:14:58,898 Grant money's hard to come by these days. 385 00:14:58,998 --> 00:15:00,432 - But you and Grace did have 386 00:15:00,433 --> 00:15:01,883 a falling out recently, correct? 387 00:15:01,884 --> 00:15:03,301 We did, but it wasn't personal. 388 00:15:03,302 --> 00:15:05,629 It was about the clinical trial we were working on. 389 00:15:05,630 --> 00:15:06,906 - Can you be more specific? 390 00:15:07,006 --> 00:15:08,223 - We were developing a drug 391 00:15:08,224 --> 00:15:10,867 to treat medication-resistant depression. 392 00:15:10,868 --> 00:15:12,711 We were trying to access a different neural pathway 393 00:15:12,712 --> 00:15:14,514 than other drugs currently on the market. 394 00:15:14,614 --> 00:15:15,906 But it failed. 395 00:15:15,907 --> 00:15:17,482 And Grace blamed you for that? 396 00:15:17,483 --> 00:15:18,900 - No. 397 00:15:18,901 --> 00:15:21,220 I decided to declare the trial inconclusive 398 00:15:21,320 --> 00:15:22,587 rather than publish the results. 399 00:15:22,588 --> 00:15:24,823 OK, well, that sounds pretty shady. 400 00:15:24,824 --> 00:15:26,383 - Yeah, well, like I said, 401 00:15:26,384 --> 00:15:27,926 grants are hard to come by these days. 402 00:15:27,927 --> 00:15:29,744 To be clear, he did nothing illegal. 403 00:15:29,745 --> 00:15:31,496 But this decision upset Grace. 404 00:15:31,497 --> 00:15:33,131 - It did, yeah. 405 00:15:33,132 --> 00:15:35,492 I appreciated how invested she was, but... 406 00:15:35,493 --> 00:15:36,993 listen, I didn't kill Grace. 407 00:15:36,994 --> 00:15:38,336 - Well, do you have an alibi 408 00:15:38,337 --> 00:15:40,564 for 2:00 a.m. on the night she was murdered? 409 00:15:40,565 --> 00:15:42,924 - I was at home, asleep. 410 00:15:42,925 --> 00:15:44,068 - Alone? 411 00:15:46,112 --> 00:15:49,414 Yeah, well, that's not a great alibi, Dr. Visser. 412 00:15:52,043 --> 00:15:53,935 - Visser's DNA doesn't match. 413 00:15:53,936 --> 00:15:56,112 Yeah, CCTV footage from the apartment lobby 414 00:15:56,113 --> 00:15:58,390 shows him arriving at 10:30 p.m. that night 415 00:15:58,391 --> 00:16:00,725 and not leaving again till the next morning. 416 00:16:00,726 --> 00:16:01,927 I don't think he's our guy. 417 00:16:01,928 --> 00:16:03,955 But the drugs found in Zhou's system 418 00:16:04,055 --> 00:16:05,422 were from that lab, 419 00:16:05,423 --> 00:16:07,767 so whoever murdered her had to have access to it. 420 00:16:07,867 --> 00:16:08,934 - OK. 421 00:16:08,935 --> 00:16:11,102 The lab requires all employees 422 00:16:11,103 --> 00:16:13,105 to sign in and out. 423 00:16:13,206 --> 00:16:14,931 I pulled the log. 424 00:16:14,932 --> 00:16:17,467 - OK, so... 425 00:16:17,468 --> 00:16:19,511 this is the day that Visser says 426 00:16:19,512 --> 00:16:22,080 he noticed the drugs missing... - Mm-hmm. 427 00:16:22,081 --> 00:16:23,640 And that's the date of the last inventory 428 00:16:23,641 --> 00:16:24,799 prior to that. 429 00:16:24,800 --> 00:16:27,018 So whoever our murderer is 430 00:16:27,019 --> 00:16:28,578 had to have stolen them in that window. 431 00:16:28,579 --> 00:16:30,239 All right. Let me narrow the search. 432 00:16:33,092 --> 00:16:36,162 This is everyone who came and went in that time period. 433 00:16:37,722 --> 00:16:39,789 - Whoa, whoa. Wait a minute. 434 00:16:39,790 --> 00:16:41,233 Go back... right there. 435 00:16:44,729 --> 00:16:46,371 See that? 436 00:16:46,372 --> 00:16:47,965 - Curtis Foster. 437 00:16:48,065 --> 00:16:50,642 ♪ ♪ 438 00:16:50,643 --> 00:16:52,512 Um, just... 439 00:16:52,612 --> 00:16:54,146 Hey. Sorry... could this wait? 440 00:16:54,247 --> 00:16:56,648 I'm about to see a student. - This won't take long. 441 00:16:56,649 --> 00:16:57,984 We just need to clear up a couple things, 442 00:16:58,084 --> 00:17:00,001 if you don't mind. - About what? 443 00:17:00,002 --> 00:17:01,686 - You lied to us. 444 00:17:01,687 --> 00:17:03,555 You told us you hadn't seen Grace since you guys broke up, 445 00:17:03,556 --> 00:17:05,257 but that's not exactly true, now, is it? 446 00:17:05,258 --> 00:17:07,525 You visited Grace in her lab last week, 447 00:17:07,526 --> 00:17:08,828 right around the time 448 00:17:08,928 --> 00:17:10,795 the drugs that were found in her system went missing. 449 00:17:10,796 --> 00:17:11,864 You're gonna want to watch this. 450 00:17:11,964 --> 00:17:13,531 ♪ ♪ 451 00:17:13,532 --> 00:17:15,533 - After you hung up with Grace, 452 00:17:15,534 --> 00:17:17,360 you never went back in to the concert, 453 00:17:17,361 --> 00:17:18,804 'cause you headed uptown, 454 00:17:18,905 --> 00:17:20,839 same direction as her apartment. 455 00:17:20,840 --> 00:17:22,265 - I didn't do anything wrong. 456 00:17:22,266 --> 00:17:23,208 - OK. You want to prove it? 457 00:17:23,209 --> 00:17:25,076 Submit to a DNA test. 458 00:17:25,077 --> 00:17:27,045 - Please, I... 459 00:17:27,046 --> 00:17:28,213 - Look at this, Theo. 460 00:17:28,214 --> 00:17:29,539 He's crying, 461 00:17:29,540 --> 00:17:31,384 just like he did the night he killed Grace. 462 00:17:32,702 --> 00:17:34,052 - Hey. 463 00:17:34,053 --> 00:17:35,887 Curtis Foster's DNA was a match 464 00:17:35,888 --> 00:17:37,848 to the fluid found at the crime scene. 465 00:17:40,293 --> 00:17:42,060 - Tears? 466 00:17:42,061 --> 00:17:44,529 A killer with remorse is better than one without. 467 00:17:44,530 --> 00:17:46,731 Marginal, but still. 468 00:17:46,732 --> 00:17:48,334 Pregnancy is making you soft already. 469 00:17:48,434 --> 00:17:50,569 - Huh. - What else do we have? 470 00:17:50,570 --> 00:17:53,706 Oh, a few threatening emails after the breakup. 471 00:17:53,806 --> 00:17:56,567 "If you don't reconsider, you're gonna end up dead, 472 00:17:56,667 --> 00:17:58,210 and I will have blood on my hands." 473 00:17:58,311 --> 00:18:01,112 Well, he really spelled it out, didn't he? 474 00:18:01,113 --> 00:18:02,564 Yeah. We can also prove that 475 00:18:02,565 --> 00:18:03,982 he had opportunity to steal drugs 476 00:18:03,983 --> 00:18:05,784 from the lab where Grace worked. 477 00:18:05,785 --> 00:18:08,520 He lied to police about his alibi, 478 00:18:08,521 --> 00:18:10,355 left the concert right after she called him, 479 00:18:10,356 --> 00:18:12,558 and headed in the direction of her apartment. 480 00:18:12,658 --> 00:18:14,326 Do you know why she called him? 481 00:18:14,327 --> 00:18:16,227 - No. 482 00:18:16,228 --> 00:18:19,247 The evidence against him is strong. 483 00:18:19,248 --> 00:18:20,999 Curtis Foster's just lucky 484 00:18:21,000 --> 00:18:22,826 that New York State doesn't have the death penalty. 485 00:18:22,827 --> 00:18:24,694 Otherwise, there's a decent chance 486 00:18:24,695 --> 00:18:26,663 we would be injecting him with the same damn drugs 487 00:18:26,664 --> 00:18:28,607 he used to help kill Grace. 488 00:18:31,644 --> 00:18:35,313 {\an8}The combination of drugs found in Grace Zhou's body 489 00:18:35,314 --> 00:18:39,117 is very specifically used for one thing... 490 00:18:39,118 --> 00:18:40,952 executions. 491 00:18:40,953 --> 00:18:42,320 On the night of September 12th, 492 00:18:42,321 --> 00:18:44,456 the defendant showed up to her apartment, 493 00:18:44,457 --> 00:18:45,790 subdued her, 494 00:18:45,791 --> 00:18:48,728 and injected her with sodium thiopental, 495 00:18:48,828 --> 00:18:50,395 knocking her unconscious. 496 00:18:50,396 --> 00:18:53,448 He then injected her with pancuronium bromide, 497 00:18:53,449 --> 00:18:57,903 a paralytic agent, rendering her immobile, 498 00:18:58,004 --> 00:19:01,172 so completely helpless to defend herself, 499 00:19:01,173 --> 00:19:04,601 even if she had regained consciousness. 500 00:19:04,602 --> 00:19:07,279 Finally, he placed a third needle into her vein, 501 00:19:07,380 --> 00:19:10,282 and he shot her full of potassium chloride, 502 00:19:10,383 --> 00:19:13,952 a powerful drug that is meant to cause cardiac arrest, 503 00:19:13,953 --> 00:19:16,054 but as you may know, 504 00:19:16,055 --> 00:19:18,657 when a lethal injection isn't administered properly, 505 00:19:18,658 --> 00:19:21,826 it fails to lead to death, and instead, 506 00:19:21,827 --> 00:19:27,257 the victim suffers immense and unrelenting pain. 507 00:19:27,258 --> 00:19:29,101 When she didn't die, 508 00:19:29,201 --> 00:19:30,935 the defendant picked up a pillow 509 00:19:30,936 --> 00:19:32,837 and smothered her to death... 510 00:19:32,838 --> 00:19:37,343 all of this to punish her for breaking up with him. 511 00:19:40,112 --> 00:19:42,840 Grace Zhou was 24 years old. 512 00:19:42,940 --> 00:19:44,934 She had her whole life ahead of her. 513 00:19:45,951 --> 00:19:48,020 And Curtis Foster stole it from her. 514 00:19:52,892 --> 00:19:55,343 No, no. Let's leave the photo. 515 00:19:57,196 --> 00:20:00,366 A lot of what the prosecution just said is true. 516 00:20:00,466 --> 00:20:04,169 Curtis Foster was in Ms. Zhou's apartment that night, 517 00:20:04,170 --> 00:20:06,472 and he ultimately did end her life. 518 00:20:06,572 --> 00:20:09,499 But there was nothing cold or calculated about it. 519 00:20:09,500 --> 00:20:13,745 In fact, it was an act of love, 520 00:20:13,746 --> 00:20:16,206 because Grace Zhou had asked him 521 00:20:16,207 --> 00:20:18,516 to help her end her life. 522 00:20:18,517 --> 00:20:20,218 This was an assisted suicide. 523 00:20:20,219 --> 00:20:21,711 - Objection, Your Honor. 524 00:20:23,556 --> 00:20:24,656 - Sustained. 525 00:20:24,657 --> 00:20:26,851 Counselors, in my chambers. 526 00:20:26,951 --> 00:20:29,186 ♪ ♪ 527 00:20:35,334 --> 00:20:38,236 This is my suicide note... or video. 528 00:20:38,237 --> 00:20:39,405 Whatever. 529 00:20:42,208 --> 00:20:44,392 I've decided to end my life. 530 00:20:46,237 --> 00:20:47,545 - It is clear 531 00:20:47,546 --> 00:20:49,848 the defense intentionally sat on this information. 532 00:20:49,849 --> 00:20:52,817 They had plenty of opportunity to raise it prior to now, 533 00:20:52,818 --> 00:20:54,235 and it should be precluded 534 00:20:54,236 --> 00:20:57,423 as a textbook example of unfair surprise. 535 00:20:57,556 --> 00:20:59,692 We have no obligation to present information 536 00:20:59,792 --> 00:21:01,085 that's readily available to the prosecution 537 00:21:01,185 --> 00:21:02,427 through other means. 538 00:21:02,428 --> 00:21:04,087 The police did a thorough investigation, 539 00:21:04,088 --> 00:21:06,756 including reviewing all of Grace's communications 540 00:21:06,757 --> 00:21:08,917 by phone, by her computer, by the cloud. 541 00:21:08,918 --> 00:21:11,427 There was no trace of this video. 542 00:21:11,428 --> 00:21:12,871 That's because Curtis stopped it 543 00:21:12,872 --> 00:21:14,406 from uploading to the cloud. 544 00:21:14,540 --> 00:21:15,875 But plenty of other evidence 545 00:21:15,975 --> 00:21:17,408 of Grace Zhou's condition existed. 546 00:21:17,409 --> 00:21:19,761 She had suffered severe depression for years. 547 00:21:19,762 --> 00:21:21,946 And that's why she wanted to end her life. 548 00:21:21,947 --> 00:21:23,773 She was in chronic, excruciating pain 549 00:21:23,774 --> 00:21:24,917 with no available cure. 550 00:21:25,017 --> 00:21:26,618 She begged for my client's help. 551 00:21:26,619 --> 00:21:28,287 He reluctantly agreed. 552 00:21:28,387 --> 00:21:29,922 She recorded the video on her phone 553 00:21:30,022 --> 00:21:31,940 with the intent of leaving it for authorities to find. 554 00:21:31,941 --> 00:21:33,626 But when things went south 555 00:21:33,726 --> 00:21:34,927 and he ended up using the pillow, 556 00:21:35,060 --> 00:21:36,619 he took her phone with him when he left the apartment. 557 00:21:36,620 --> 00:21:37,763 - No, no, no. 558 00:21:37,863 --> 00:21:39,565 He didn't... he didn't leave the apartment. 559 00:21:39,665 --> 00:21:42,301 He fled the crime scene, because he committed murder. 560 00:21:42,401 --> 00:21:44,135 New York's Medical Aid in Dying Act 561 00:21:44,136 --> 00:21:46,104 went into effect in August of this year, 562 00:21:46,105 --> 00:21:47,705 making assisted suicide legal 563 00:21:47,706 --> 00:21:49,275 for people with incurable diseases. 564 00:21:49,408 --> 00:21:50,776 Depression doesn't qualify under that law. 565 00:21:50,910 --> 00:21:52,135 There's no language specifically 566 00:21:52,136 --> 00:21:53,578 excluding mental illness. 567 00:21:53,579 --> 00:21:56,639 The law requires that the diagnosis be terminal with 568 00:21:56,640 --> 00:21:59,476 a reasonable life expectancy of six months or less. 569 00:21:59,610 --> 00:22:02,121 We have a medical expert who will testify that 570 00:22:02,254 --> 00:22:03,788 her condition meets this definition. 571 00:22:03,789 --> 00:22:04,957 - Under what theory? 572 00:22:05,057 --> 00:22:06,791 Doesn't the law also require the patient 573 00:22:06,792 --> 00:22:07,976 to be of sound mind? 574 00:22:07,977 --> 00:22:09,652 Exactly. Thank you, Your Honor. 575 00:22:09,653 --> 00:22:12,263 A mental health diagnosis is de facto disqualified 576 00:22:12,264 --> 00:22:14,300 because depression, by definition, 577 00:22:14,400 --> 00:22:16,669 impacts capacity in this situation. 578 00:22:16,802 --> 00:22:18,269 Your Honor, all we're asking is that 579 00:22:18,270 --> 00:22:20,672 we be allowed to present our case. 580 00:22:28,314 --> 00:22:30,341 - You OK? - Yeah. 581 00:22:30,474 --> 00:22:32,176 Just a little heartburn. 582 00:22:32,309 --> 00:22:34,185 Nobody warned me, but that's apparently 583 00:22:34,186 --> 00:22:36,855 a thing that happens a lot when you're pregnant. 584 00:22:36,856 --> 00:22:38,515 How'd it go in there? 585 00:22:38,649 --> 00:22:40,359 The judge is allowing them to present 586 00:22:40,459 --> 00:22:42,677 an assisted suicide defense. 587 00:22:42,678 --> 00:22:45,022 Well, did Zhou have a terminal disease? 588 00:22:45,155 --> 00:22:46,798 No, but she apparently suffered 589 00:22:46,799 --> 00:22:49,000 from severe depression. 590 00:22:49,001 --> 00:22:51,203 No. What? That's not allowed. 591 00:22:51,337 --> 00:22:54,706 I know, but the judge doesn't seem to care. 592 00:22:54,707 --> 00:22:56,033 - So what are they gonna claim? 593 00:22:56,166 --> 00:22:58,209 That her mental illness was so severe, 594 00:22:58,210 --> 00:23:00,862 it was tantamount to a terminal diagnosis? 595 00:23:00,863 --> 00:23:02,313 - Yeah, it sounds like it. 596 00:23:02,314 --> 00:23:04,549 The good news is, we have the law on our side. 597 00:23:04,550 --> 00:23:08,212 Well, bad news is, they got emotions on theirs. 598 00:23:08,312 --> 00:23:11,214 They're gonna argue that Grace was in severe pain, 599 00:23:11,215 --> 00:23:12,490 that she wanted to die. 600 00:23:12,491 --> 00:23:16,027 Therefore, Curtis is a saint, not a killer. 601 00:23:16,028 --> 00:23:18,897 So we need to provide some emotion of our own. 602 00:23:23,402 --> 00:23:28,065 We knew that Grace had struggled at times, but... 603 00:23:28,165 --> 00:23:31,876 - Um, what kind of struggles, exactly? 604 00:23:31,877 --> 00:23:34,562 - She could be sad. 605 00:23:34,563 --> 00:23:36,248 She had very negative thoughts. 606 00:23:36,382 --> 00:23:37,582 She would say terrible things. 607 00:23:37,583 --> 00:23:39,218 - That was just teenager stuff. 608 00:23:39,351 --> 00:23:40,885 You know how they are at that age. 609 00:23:40,886 --> 00:23:42,520 - What age is that? 610 00:23:42,521 --> 00:23:44,889 It started when she was 13 or 14. 611 00:23:44,890 --> 00:23:47,025 - It wasn't anything serious. 612 00:23:47,026 --> 00:23:48,252 Nothing bad happened to her. 613 00:23:48,352 --> 00:23:49,294 She was just moody. 614 00:23:49,295 --> 00:23:50,586 It was hormones. 615 00:23:50,587 --> 00:23:52,255 - And she got through it. 616 00:23:52,256 --> 00:23:53,424 It had passed. 617 00:23:53,524 --> 00:23:55,591 - So you didn't know 618 00:23:55,592 --> 00:23:58,586 that your daughter was suicidal? 619 00:23:58,587 --> 00:24:00,038 - No. 620 00:24:00,039 --> 00:24:03,434 We saw her a few days before, and she was very happy. 621 00:24:04,535 --> 00:24:06,745 Do you think there's a chance the depression came back? 622 00:24:06,845 --> 00:24:08,047 - Maybe. 623 00:24:08,147 --> 00:24:10,582 But if she told that boy that she wanted to do that, 624 00:24:10,683 --> 00:24:12,418 he should've told someone. 625 00:24:12,518 --> 00:24:15,186 He should've told us, not help her do it. 626 00:24:18,057 --> 00:24:20,775 ♪ ♪ 627 00:24:20,776 --> 00:24:22,126 Does this mean he's going to get away with 628 00:24:22,127 --> 00:24:23,262 killing our daughter? 629 00:24:23,395 --> 00:24:24,788 ♪ ♪ 630 00:24:24,922 --> 00:24:26,765 We're gonna do everything in our power 631 00:24:26,865 --> 00:24:28,267 to make sure that doesn't happen. 632 00:24:28,400 --> 00:24:30,293 We will make it clear to the jury 633 00:24:30,294 --> 00:24:32,604 he didn't have the right to do what he did. 634 00:24:32,738 --> 00:24:36,958 {\an8}♪ ♪ 635 00:24:36,959 --> 00:24:39,636 {\an8}- Dr. Murano, on top of limiting its scope 636 00:24:39,770 --> 00:24:41,146 to terminal illnesses 637 00:24:41,246 --> 00:24:44,082 with a life expectancy of six months or less, 638 00:24:44,083 --> 00:24:47,310 the new assisted suicide law only allows for 639 00:24:47,311 --> 00:24:50,655 self-administered life-ending medication, 640 00:24:50,656 --> 00:24:52,724 but that is not what Grace Zhou died of, 641 00:24:52,725 --> 00:24:53,759 is it? - No. 642 00:24:53,859 --> 00:24:54,926 - How long does it take 643 00:24:54,927 --> 00:24:57,463 to suffocate someone with a pillow? 644 00:24:57,563 --> 00:25:00,832 Because of the porous nature of fabrics and cushions, 645 00:25:00,833 --> 00:25:03,836 it can take as much as 10 minutes, sometimes 15. 646 00:25:03,936 --> 00:25:06,004 And what happens during that time? 647 00:25:06,105 --> 00:25:08,173 The brain is deprived of oxygen. 648 00:25:08,273 --> 00:25:10,174 The lungs fill with fluids. 649 00:25:10,175 --> 00:25:11,943 Organs slowly shut down. 650 00:25:11,944 --> 00:25:14,412 - That sounds excruciating. 651 00:25:14,413 --> 00:25:15,838 - In this case, 652 00:25:15,839 --> 00:25:18,816 she still would've been paralyzed from the drugs... 653 00:25:18,817 --> 00:25:20,119 awake enough to know it was happening, 654 00:25:20,219 --> 00:25:21,986 but unable to stop him. 655 00:25:21,987 --> 00:25:23,847 I imagine it was very painful. 656 00:25:23,947 --> 00:25:26,191 And what would have happened if, uh, 657 00:25:26,291 --> 00:25:29,327 instead of suffocating her when the drugs didn't work, 658 00:25:29,328 --> 00:25:32,197 the defendant had called 911? 659 00:25:32,297 --> 00:25:33,865 Objection. Calls for speculation. 660 00:25:33,866 --> 00:25:36,033 There's no way for the witness to know the answer to that. 661 00:25:36,034 --> 00:25:37,685 - Sustained. 662 00:25:37,686 --> 00:25:40,138 But you can tell us that Grace Zhou died 663 00:25:40,139 --> 00:25:42,199 a long and agonizing death? 664 00:25:42,332 --> 00:25:43,976 - Almost certainly, yes. 665 00:25:44,076 --> 00:25:46,870 - By his hand. 666 00:25:46,970 --> 00:25:47,813 Thank you. 667 00:25:47,913 --> 00:25:49,872 Nothing further. 668 00:25:49,873 --> 00:25:51,616 - Dr. Murano, to say that 669 00:25:51,617 --> 00:25:53,718 the drugs in Grace Zhou's system didn't work 670 00:25:53,719 --> 00:25:55,369 isn't entirely accurate, is it? 671 00:25:55,370 --> 00:25:57,046 They may not have caused her death, 672 00:25:57,047 --> 00:25:58,382 but they still would have had an effect. 673 00:25:58,515 --> 00:25:59,991 Yes. Uh, we've seen it before 674 00:25:59,992 --> 00:26:02,543 when state executions have failed. 675 00:26:02,544 --> 00:26:04,562 As her body fought off the drugs, 676 00:26:04,563 --> 00:26:07,215 her nervous system would've gone into overdrive. 677 00:26:07,216 --> 00:26:09,393 She likely went into uncontrollable seizures. 678 00:26:09,493 --> 00:26:11,403 So it would have been painful and excruciating 679 00:26:11,503 --> 00:26:13,971 in its own right, just not enough to kill her. 680 00:26:13,972 --> 00:26:15,139 - Yes. 681 00:26:15,140 --> 00:26:16,174 - Is it fair to say, then, 682 00:26:16,175 --> 00:26:18,242 that my client was easing her pain 683 00:26:18,243 --> 00:26:19,744 when he did what he did? 684 00:26:19,745 --> 00:26:21,712 Mm, there are other ways to do that. 685 00:26:21,713 --> 00:26:24,249 Well, speaking of pain, Dr. Murano, 686 00:26:24,383 --> 00:26:26,910 are you aware of the pain experienced by people 687 00:26:27,044 --> 00:26:29,588 with chronic, severe, drug-resistant depression? 688 00:26:29,721 --> 00:26:32,557 I am aware of the clinical diagnosis and its symptoms. 689 00:26:32,558 --> 00:26:34,927 So you know excruciating pain was 690 00:26:35,027 --> 00:26:36,861 Grace Zhou's constant state of being, then? 691 00:26:36,862 --> 00:26:38,922 Objection. Counsel is testifying. 692 00:26:39,056 --> 00:26:39,865 - Sustained. 693 00:26:39,965 --> 00:26:41,365 - No further questions. 694 00:26:41,366 --> 00:26:43,568 ♪ ♪ 695 00:26:43,569 --> 00:26:47,171 My wife and I, we loved our daughter, 696 00:26:47,172 --> 00:26:49,600 and when her... 697 00:26:49,733 --> 00:26:51,909 difficulties started, 698 00:26:51,910 --> 00:26:53,928 we were so confused. 699 00:26:53,929 --> 00:26:57,449 And then we figured it out, and we got help. 700 00:26:57,583 --> 00:26:58,716 - Professional help? 701 00:26:58,717 --> 00:26:59,717 - Yes. - Yeah. 702 00:26:59,718 --> 00:27:01,435 - It worked. She got better. 703 00:27:01,436 --> 00:27:04,447 So were you surprised to learn 704 00:27:04,448 --> 00:27:05,916 that she wanted to kill herself? 705 00:27:07,459 --> 00:27:09,026 - Of course. 706 00:27:09,027 --> 00:27:10,128 The... 707 00:27:12,464 --> 00:27:17,618 She came to our house a lot in the weeks before she died, 708 00:27:17,619 --> 00:27:20,472 and she seemed... 709 00:27:22,107 --> 00:27:25,143 I... I thought it was finally behind us. 710 00:27:25,144 --> 00:27:27,879 - So she seemed happy? 711 00:27:27,880 --> 00:27:29,297 - Yes. 712 00:27:29,298 --> 00:27:31,949 And if she had fallen into one of her darker moods, 713 00:27:31,950 --> 00:27:33,944 it was very recent. 714 00:27:34,978 --> 00:27:36,821 And it would have passed. 715 00:27:36,822 --> 00:27:41,425 The defense is claiming that her depression was so severe 716 00:27:41,426 --> 00:27:44,154 that suicide was inevitable. - No. 717 00:27:44,254 --> 00:27:46,832 If we had known about it, we could've saved her. 718 00:27:48,926 --> 00:27:50,836 But he took away that chance. 719 00:27:50,936 --> 00:27:52,671 Thank you. No further questions. 720 00:27:54,840 --> 00:27:56,667 - Mr. Zhou, let me start 721 00:27:56,767 --> 00:27:59,577 by saying how sorry I am for your loss. 722 00:27:59,578 --> 00:28:01,513 - Just ask your questions. 723 00:28:02,506 --> 00:28:03,998 - Fair enough. 724 00:28:05,450 --> 00:28:07,618 You stated that you were surprised to learn 725 00:28:07,619 --> 00:28:09,754 your daughter wanted to end her life. 726 00:28:09,755 --> 00:28:11,014 - Yes. 727 00:28:11,148 --> 00:28:13,724 Well, forgive me, but that's a bit surprising, 728 00:28:13,725 --> 00:28:16,862 given that she had attempted suicide twice before... 729 00:28:16,962 --> 00:28:20,189 once five years ago, then again two years ago. 730 00:28:20,190 --> 00:28:21,666 Your Honor, the defense would like this 731 00:28:21,667 --> 00:28:23,001 marked as exhibit D. 732 00:28:23,135 --> 00:28:26,862 ♪ ♪ 733 00:28:26,863 --> 00:28:30,876 Mr. Zhou, do you recognize these documents? 734 00:28:32,861 --> 00:28:34,346 - Yes. 735 00:28:34,446 --> 00:28:37,548 These are hospital admission forms. 736 00:28:37,549 --> 00:28:38,683 - Objection. 737 00:28:38,684 --> 00:28:39,867 Defense should've shared these 738 00:28:39,868 --> 00:28:42,212 as part of pre-trial reciprocal discovery. 739 00:28:42,312 --> 00:28:43,988 These records were readily available 740 00:28:43,989 --> 00:28:45,223 for the prosecution to find. 741 00:28:45,224 --> 00:28:46,692 They had equal access. 742 00:28:46,792 --> 00:28:49,027 Well, we didn't know to look for them, Your Honor. 743 00:28:51,863 --> 00:28:53,397 Overruled. 744 00:28:53,398 --> 00:28:55,033 Continue, Ms. Fuller. 745 00:28:55,167 --> 00:28:58,502 Mr. Zhou, these forms were signed by you. 746 00:28:58,503 --> 00:29:00,339 Both times your daughter tried to end her life, 747 00:29:00,439 --> 00:29:02,064 you were the one to take her in. 748 00:29:02,065 --> 00:29:04,909 She accidentally took too many pills. 749 00:29:04,910 --> 00:29:06,902 It... it was a mistake. 750 00:29:06,903 --> 00:29:08,538 - Both times? 751 00:29:10,899 --> 00:29:13,243 She had wanted this for years, hadn't she? 752 00:29:13,377 --> 00:29:14,753 - She'd gotten better. 753 00:29:14,886 --> 00:29:17,047 Obviously, that's not true, is it? 754 00:29:19,758 --> 00:29:21,260 No further questions. 755 00:29:22,886 --> 00:29:24,513 - Mr. Price. 756 00:29:26,198 --> 00:29:28,165 The prosecution rests, Your Honor. 757 00:29:31,203 --> 00:29:35,040 ♪ ♪ 758 00:29:35,140 --> 00:29:37,208 Hey. 759 00:29:37,209 --> 00:29:39,277 Why didn't you tell us she had tried before? 760 00:29:39,278 --> 00:29:40,937 It's a family matter... private. 761 00:29:41,071 --> 00:29:43,582 Well, it's very public now. 762 00:29:43,682 --> 00:29:45,216 We were trying to protect our daughter. 763 00:29:45,217 --> 00:29:46,934 And we are trying to get justice for her. 764 00:29:46,935 --> 00:29:49,288 Lying to us only makes that harder. 765 00:29:49,421 --> 00:29:50,589 - Come on. 766 00:29:50,722 --> 00:29:52,790 ♪ ♪ 767 00:29:52,791 --> 00:29:54,425 - Nolan, they're parents 768 00:29:54,426 --> 00:29:55,894 grieving the loss of their only child. 769 00:29:55,994 --> 00:29:57,620 - Yeah, I know, I know. 770 00:29:57,621 --> 00:29:59,947 But if we lose 771 00:29:59,948 --> 00:30:02,400 and mental illness becomes a basis for legal suicide, 772 00:30:02,401 --> 00:30:03,960 there will be a lot of other parents 773 00:30:04,061 --> 00:30:05,569 in this exact same situation. 774 00:30:05,570 --> 00:30:09,224 ♪ ♪ 775 00:30:14,830 --> 00:30:16,807 I'm the Kagan chair of neurological 776 00:30:16,907 --> 00:30:19,617 and psychiatric science at Princeton University. 777 00:30:19,618 --> 00:30:23,112 I've spent my career studying chronic severe depression, 778 00:30:23,113 --> 00:30:24,622 and for the past year, 779 00:30:24,623 --> 00:30:26,983 I was also Grace Zhou's psychiatrist. 780 00:30:27,084 --> 00:30:30,161 What made Grace's situation unique? 781 00:30:30,162 --> 00:30:31,263 - Grace suffered from 782 00:30:31,363 --> 00:30:33,931 treatment-resistant chronic depression. 783 00:30:33,932 --> 00:30:36,300 She had tried every pharmaceutical 784 00:30:36,301 --> 00:30:39,704 and psychotherapeutical treatment currently available... 785 00:30:39,705 --> 00:30:43,324 SSRIs, SNRIs, tricyclic antidepressants, 786 00:30:43,325 --> 00:30:44,709 ketamine therapy. 787 00:30:44,710 --> 00:30:46,469 None of it had an effect. 788 00:30:46,470 --> 00:30:50,314 So, essentially, Grace's disease was incurable. 789 00:30:50,315 --> 00:30:51,816 - And debilitating. 790 00:30:51,817 --> 00:30:56,488 What Grace experienced was just as severe and unrelenting 791 00:30:56,588 --> 00:30:58,789 as any terminal physical illness. 792 00:30:58,790 --> 00:31:01,859 Dr. Woll, in your medical opinion, 793 00:31:01,860 --> 00:31:05,429 was Grace Zhou's depression a terminal disease? 794 00:31:05,430 --> 00:31:06,697 - Yes. 795 00:31:06,698 --> 00:31:09,350 She had already attempted suicide twice. 796 00:31:09,351 --> 00:31:10,668 - And you were her doctor. 797 00:31:10,669 --> 00:31:12,303 Do you believe she was of sound mind 798 00:31:12,304 --> 00:31:14,855 to make the decision to end her life? 799 00:31:14,856 --> 00:31:16,474 In my professional estimation, 800 00:31:16,475 --> 00:31:19,677 she was fully capable of making the decision she made. 801 00:31:19,678 --> 00:31:21,379 - Thank you, Doctor. 802 00:31:21,380 --> 00:31:23,048 No further questions. 803 00:31:25,183 --> 00:31:28,202 - Dr. Woll, isn't it true that 804 00:31:28,203 --> 00:31:29,845 the American Medical Association 805 00:31:29,846 --> 00:31:32,223 as well as the American Psychiatric Association 806 00:31:32,224 --> 00:31:35,894 have taken policy positions opposing euthanasia 807 00:31:35,994 --> 00:31:38,062 in mental health-related situations? 808 00:31:38,063 --> 00:31:40,723 Yes, people have very strong opinions 809 00:31:40,724 --> 00:31:44,827 on both sides of this issue, but things are changing, 810 00:31:44,828 --> 00:31:47,238 and there's a growing recognition that 811 00:31:47,239 --> 00:31:48,639 if a condition is untreatable... 812 00:31:48,640 --> 00:31:50,775 You mentioned ketamine therapy. 813 00:31:50,776 --> 00:31:52,226 That is relatively new. 814 00:31:52,227 --> 00:31:54,945 That has helped people who were previously diagnosed 815 00:31:54,946 --> 00:31:56,573 as treatment-resistant, correct? 816 00:31:56,673 --> 00:31:58,808 Yes, but it's also not helped people 817 00:31:58,809 --> 00:32:00,418 who are treatment-resistant. 818 00:32:00,419 --> 00:32:02,987 And yet, several acquaintances described Grace 819 00:32:02,988 --> 00:32:06,023 as being quite happy in the days prior to her death. 820 00:32:06,024 --> 00:32:07,384 Well, that's a common phenomenon. 821 00:32:07,484 --> 00:32:09,419 Quite often, people in her position 822 00:32:09,519 --> 00:32:11,328 experience euphoria 823 00:32:11,329 --> 00:32:13,723 after making the decision to end their life. 824 00:32:13,824 --> 00:32:15,400 It's not that their pain is gone. 825 00:32:15,500 --> 00:32:17,902 It's that their suffering will soon be over. 826 00:32:17,903 --> 00:32:20,096 You are legally obligated to report 827 00:32:20,197 --> 00:32:22,498 if a patient tells you that she's going to kill herself, 828 00:32:22,499 --> 00:32:24,700 but you didn't do that with Grace. 829 00:32:24,701 --> 00:32:26,269 Because she didn't tell me about it. 830 00:32:26,369 --> 00:32:29,914 You say that her decision was of sound mind? 831 00:32:29,915 --> 00:32:31,182 - She didn't tell me about it 832 00:32:31,183 --> 00:32:33,617 because she knew I was a mandatory reporter. 833 00:32:33,618 --> 00:32:35,744 If anything, I... I think that's evidence 834 00:32:35,745 --> 00:32:37,521 of how rational her choice was. 835 00:32:37,522 --> 00:32:39,615 - Rational? OK. 836 00:32:39,616 --> 00:32:41,092 Grace was 24, 837 00:32:41,193 --> 00:32:44,253 her prefrontal cortex wasn't fully developed, 838 00:32:44,254 --> 00:32:45,529 and you want us to believe that 839 00:32:45,530 --> 00:32:48,265 she was capable of making a rational choice? 840 00:32:48,266 --> 00:32:50,794 Grace was determined to end her life, 841 00:32:50,894 --> 00:32:53,429 regardless of your or my opinion on the matter. 842 00:32:53,430 --> 00:32:57,476 - But she didn't take her life. 843 00:32:57,576 --> 00:32:58,868 The defendant did. 844 00:32:58,869 --> 00:33:00,812 - Objection. - Sustained. 845 00:33:00,912 --> 00:33:02,230 - Nothing further. 846 00:33:03,982 --> 00:33:06,610 Ms. Fuller, call your next witness. 847 00:33:06,710 --> 00:33:08,987 The defense calls Curtis Foster. 848 00:33:10,789 --> 00:33:13,724 I met Grace when she was considering a psych rotation. 849 00:33:13,725 --> 00:33:15,125 I... I didn't know it at the time, 850 00:33:15,126 --> 00:33:17,262 but all of her academic pursuits were an attempt 851 00:33:17,362 --> 00:33:19,414 to understand what was happening to her. 852 00:33:21,424 --> 00:33:22,834 - How did you react 853 00:33:22,934 --> 00:33:25,494 when she told you she wanted to end her life? 854 00:33:25,495 --> 00:33:27,172 - I freaked out. 855 00:33:27,272 --> 00:33:28,305 I argued with her. 856 00:33:28,306 --> 00:33:31,501 I begged her to talk to a counselor. 857 00:33:31,601 --> 00:33:34,646 Were you the one who stole the lethal injection drugs? 858 00:33:34,746 --> 00:33:35,980 - No. 859 00:33:35,981 --> 00:33:38,048 That was all Grace. 860 00:33:38,049 --> 00:33:39,316 I went with her. 861 00:33:39,317 --> 00:33:40,844 I tried to talk her out of it, 862 00:33:40,944 --> 00:33:42,987 but there was no stopping her. 863 00:33:42,988 --> 00:33:47,851 Can you tell us about the night Grace died? 864 00:33:47,951 --> 00:33:51,029 - Uh, she called me. 865 00:33:52,430 --> 00:33:53,965 Said it was time. 866 00:33:54,065 --> 00:33:56,166 She asked me to be there. 867 00:33:56,167 --> 00:33:57,868 She said she didn't want to die alone, 868 00:33:57,869 --> 00:34:00,455 and I couldn't say no. 869 00:34:02,799 --> 00:34:06,770 But, um, something went wrong. 870 00:34:07,504 --> 00:34:10,707 She was shaking, and it was, like, spasms, 871 00:34:10,807 --> 00:34:12,583 and she was moaning, 872 00:34:12,584 --> 00:34:14,010 and the sounds... it was... 873 00:34:14,811 --> 00:34:17,379 Um, she was in pain, 874 00:34:17,380 --> 00:34:20,624 so I did what I thought... 875 00:34:20,625 --> 00:34:22,994 what I know she wanted me to do. 876 00:34:23,094 --> 00:34:26,797 Well, up until that point, you hadn't done anything wrong. 877 00:34:26,798 --> 00:34:28,525 You could've just left her there, 878 00:34:28,625 --> 00:34:31,361 walked away, or called 911. 879 00:34:31,461 --> 00:34:33,730 I knew she'd be institutionalized, 880 00:34:33,830 --> 00:34:35,389 and her suffering would be prolonged. 881 00:34:35,390 --> 00:34:38,108 And then down the line, she'd do it again. 882 00:34:38,109 --> 00:34:41,237 She wouldn't stop trying until it was done. 883 00:34:41,338 --> 00:34:43,914 This way spared her more pain. 884 00:34:43,915 --> 00:34:45,674 I could give her that. 885 00:34:45,675 --> 00:34:48,053 - You risked your own freedom, 886 00:34:48,153 --> 00:34:50,788 your whole life to give her that. 887 00:34:50,789 --> 00:34:52,406 - I loved her. 888 00:34:53,592 --> 00:34:55,426 - Before the injections, 889 00:34:55,427 --> 00:34:58,412 you helped her to film a video, correct? 890 00:34:58,413 --> 00:35:00,531 - Yes. 891 00:35:00,532 --> 00:35:02,566 - I want to be very clear. 892 00:35:02,567 --> 00:35:05,235 I am the one making this choice. 893 00:35:05,236 --> 00:35:09,065 Every day for over 10 years, 894 00:35:09,165 --> 00:35:13,811 it has taken every ounce of strength I have 895 00:35:13,812 --> 00:35:15,572 to even get out of bed. 896 00:35:15,672 --> 00:35:16,940 ♪ ♪ 897 00:35:17,040 --> 00:35:19,751 I'm so tired of feeling like this. 898 00:35:19,851 --> 00:35:22,554 I hurt. 899 00:35:22,654 --> 00:35:24,847 I can't do it anymore. 900 00:35:24,848 --> 00:35:29,159 ♪ ♪ 901 00:35:29,160 --> 00:35:35,633 Papa, Mama, I'm sorry. 902 00:35:35,634 --> 00:35:37,768 I tried to be strong for you. 903 00:35:37,769 --> 00:35:39,971 I tried to tell you before. 904 00:35:40,071 --> 00:35:41,573 ♪ ♪ 905 00:35:41,673 --> 00:35:44,634 You couldn't hear me. 906 00:35:44,734 --> 00:35:49,204 So now I just want to say goodbye. 907 00:35:49,205 --> 00:35:50,314 ♪ ♪ 908 00:35:50,315 --> 00:35:53,275 I'm sorry. 909 00:35:53,276 --> 00:35:55,153 I love you so much. 910 00:35:55,253 --> 00:35:59,148 ♪ ♪ 911 00:35:59,149 --> 00:36:01,159 - No further questions. 912 00:36:01,259 --> 00:36:08,291 ♪ ♪ 913 00:36:14,739 --> 00:36:19,510 Mr. Foster, the new assisted suicide law 914 00:36:19,511 --> 00:36:21,545 allows a physician to legally prescribe 915 00:36:21,546 --> 00:36:24,015 life-ending medication for a terminally ill patient 916 00:36:24,115 --> 00:36:26,351 for them to self-administer. 917 00:36:27,777 --> 00:36:30,120 Are you a physician? - No. 918 00:36:30,121 --> 00:36:33,775 Did you use a pillow to suffocate Grace Zhou? 919 00:36:35,360 --> 00:36:36,361 - Yes, but... 920 00:36:36,461 --> 00:36:37,987 - Nothing further. 921 00:36:40,014 --> 00:36:41,991 The defense rests, Your Honor. 922 00:36:42,092 --> 00:36:45,360 ♪ ♪ 923 00:36:45,361 --> 00:36:46,496 - Ms. Maroun? 924 00:36:47,405 --> 00:36:49,641 - Mrs. Zhou, hi. 925 00:36:49,741 --> 00:36:51,643 How are you holding up? 926 00:36:51,743 --> 00:36:53,944 - Do you have a moment? 927 00:36:53,945 --> 00:36:55,112 - Yes. 928 00:36:55,113 --> 00:36:56,381 Yes, of course. 929 00:36:58,049 --> 00:37:00,518 - How far along are you? 930 00:37:00,618 --> 00:37:02,010 - About 20 weeks. 931 00:37:02,011 --> 00:37:03,354 - Get ready. 932 00:37:03,455 --> 00:37:04,555 For the rest of your life, 933 00:37:04,556 --> 00:37:06,206 your heart is gonna live outside your body 934 00:37:06,207 --> 00:37:08,393 and inside someone else's. 935 00:37:08,493 --> 00:37:12,054 It's terrifying and exciting 936 00:37:12,055 --> 00:37:14,482 and scary and incredible. 937 00:37:15,867 --> 00:37:17,384 When Grace was born, 938 00:37:17,385 --> 00:37:20,563 I had this overwhelming reaction. 939 00:37:20,663 --> 00:37:23,741 I just needed her to be near me at all times. 940 00:37:23,742 --> 00:37:26,243 She was just so fragile. 941 00:37:26,244 --> 00:37:29,980 I wanted to protect her, to keep her safe. 942 00:37:31,983 --> 00:37:35,879 We're doing everything we can to get her justice. 943 00:37:35,979 --> 00:37:38,889 We didn't realize Grace was in so much pain. 944 00:37:38,890 --> 00:37:40,891 In our culture, there are just certain things 945 00:37:40,892 --> 00:37:42,427 we don't talk about. 946 00:37:42,527 --> 00:37:43,928 ♪ ♪ 947 00:37:44,028 --> 00:37:46,221 My little girl was hurting, 948 00:37:46,222 --> 00:37:47,831 and I couldn't help her. 949 00:37:47,832 --> 00:37:49,992 - Hey... 950 00:37:49,993 --> 00:37:52,427 you did the best you could. 951 00:37:52,428 --> 00:37:53,897 She knew that. 952 00:37:53,997 --> 00:37:55,931 ♪ ♪ 953 00:37:55,932 --> 00:37:57,666 I'm not saying I could've done 954 00:37:57,667 --> 00:37:59,777 what Curtis did... 955 00:37:59,778 --> 00:38:02,246 but I understand why he did it, 956 00:38:02,247 --> 00:38:05,116 and I don't think he should be punished for it. 957 00:38:05,216 --> 00:38:11,956 ♪ ♪ 958 00:38:12,957 --> 00:38:14,525 - Thank you. 959 00:38:14,526 --> 00:38:15,659 - Hey. 960 00:38:17,387 --> 00:38:20,398 So Grace's parents want us to drop the charges. 961 00:38:20,498 --> 00:38:22,558 - What? Now? - Yeah. 962 00:38:22,559 --> 00:38:24,726 I think they finally accepted 963 00:38:24,727 --> 00:38:27,871 that this is what Grace really wanted. 964 00:38:27,872 --> 00:38:30,307 - I understand, 965 00:38:30,308 --> 00:38:32,042 but that has no legal bearing on this. 966 00:38:32,043 --> 00:38:33,144 - Yeah, I know. 967 00:38:35,547 --> 00:38:37,773 If I'm being honest, when I look at Curtis, 968 00:38:37,774 --> 00:38:39,241 I don't see a killer. 969 00:38:39,242 --> 00:38:41,277 He's not a threat to society. 970 00:38:41,377 --> 00:38:43,020 He's not gonna kill someone else. 971 00:38:43,021 --> 00:38:45,114 And if that's what Grace's parents want, 972 00:38:45,215 --> 00:38:46,306 if they don't want him to be punished, then... 973 00:38:46,307 --> 00:38:47,549 No, there's more at stake here 974 00:38:47,550 --> 00:38:49,093 than our placating Grace's family. 975 00:38:49,194 --> 00:38:51,963 No, I'm not saying we drop the charges, 976 00:38:52,063 --> 00:38:54,666 but maybe we can offer a manslaughter plea. 977 00:38:57,126 --> 00:39:00,737 This case is too important, Sam, and it's too dangerous. 978 00:39:00,738 --> 00:39:02,739 If we cut Curtis a break, God knows 979 00:39:02,740 --> 00:39:05,075 more young people will start asking their boyfriends 980 00:39:05,076 --> 00:39:07,711 and their girlfriends to end their lives. 981 00:39:07,712 --> 00:39:09,514 No, we have to see this through. 982 00:39:12,508 --> 00:39:14,501 - Jury's back. 983 00:39:17,580 --> 00:39:24,461 ♪ ♪ 984 00:39:24,462 --> 00:39:28,590 In the charge murder in the second degree, 985 00:39:28,591 --> 00:39:33,804 we find the defendant, Curtis Foster, guilty. 986 00:39:33,805 --> 00:39:35,430 Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, 987 00:39:35,431 --> 00:39:37,074 the court thanks you for your time. 988 00:39:37,075 --> 00:39:39,034 You are now dismissed. 989 00:39:40,270 --> 00:39:46,341 ♪ ♪ 990 00:39:46,342 --> 00:39:47,351 - I'm sorry. 991 00:39:47,352 --> 00:39:48,511 I'm sorry. 992 00:39:48,611 --> 00:39:53,690 ♪ ♪ 993 00:39:53,691 --> 00:39:56,019 - It's the right result, Sam. 994 00:39:58,688 --> 00:40:00,857 - Wish it felt that way. 995 00:40:00,957 --> 00:40:07,906 ♪ ♪ 996 00:40:26,482 --> 00:40:33,431 ♪ ♪