1 00:00:06,340 --> 00:00:07,741 (male announcer) In the criminal justice system, 2 00:00:07,775 --> 00:00:10,278 the people are represented by two separate 3 00:00:10,311 --> 00:00:12,346 yet equally important groups-- 4 00:00:12,380 --> 00:00:14,448 the police who investigate crime 5 00:00:14,482 --> 00:00:16,450 and the district attorneys who prosecute the offenders. 6 00:00:16,484 --> 00:00:18,452 These are their stories. 7 00:00:19,520 --> 00:00:20,588 Table five is getting up. 8 00:00:20,621 --> 00:00:23,057 Give me two seconds, all right? 9 00:00:23,091 --> 00:00:25,259 I'm waiting 20 minutes, and she just walked in. 10 00:00:25,293 --> 00:00:27,228 Why can't she wait for table five? 11 00:00:27,261 --> 00:00:29,597 Fine. I'll wait for table five. 12 00:00:44,178 --> 00:00:47,481 Somebody call 911! 13 00:00:48,649 --> 00:00:51,219 Hurry! 14 00:00:51,252 --> 00:00:53,287 20 sets of eyes can't be wrong. 15 00:00:53,321 --> 00:00:54,388 Male, maybe Hispanic. 16 00:00:54,422 --> 00:00:56,124 Black hood, red baseball cap. 17 00:00:56,157 --> 00:00:57,358 Anyone recognize him? 18 00:00:57,391 --> 00:00:58,559 Hood covered his face. 19 00:00:58,592 --> 00:01:00,128 Is there any video? Not in the diner. 20 00:01:00,161 --> 00:01:01,495 But the red light cameras might have 21 00:01:01,529 --> 00:01:02,730 caught him running off. 22 00:01:02,763 --> 00:01:04,365 Department of Transport's pulling the tape. 23 00:01:04,398 --> 00:01:05,399 Thanks. 24 00:01:06,734 --> 00:01:08,502 What do we got? 25 00:01:08,536 --> 00:01:10,671 One in his shoulder, one to the chest. 26 00:01:10,704 --> 00:01:12,373 And Crime Scene pulled the slug that winged her 27 00:01:12,406 --> 00:01:14,242 out of the back wall of the cooler. 28 00:01:14,275 --> 00:01:15,109 Still intact? 29 00:01:15,143 --> 00:01:17,211 Yeah, it looks like it. A small caliber. 30 00:01:17,245 --> 00:01:20,481 Can you make sure Crime Scene gets that to Ballistics? 31 00:01:20,514 --> 00:01:21,649 Excuse me. 32 00:01:21,682 --> 00:01:24,252 Detective Green, Detective Fontana. 33 00:01:24,285 --> 00:01:25,686 How's you arm, Miss... Elaine Clemens. 34 00:01:25,719 --> 00:01:27,355 It's just a graze. I'll live. 35 00:01:27,388 --> 00:01:29,723 Did you see the man who shot you? 36 00:01:29,757 --> 00:01:31,625 I turned my head, and it was over before I could turn around. 37 00:01:31,659 --> 00:01:33,261 I can't help thinking if I'd just been 38 00:01:33,294 --> 00:01:34,428 standing a few inches further... 39 00:01:34,462 --> 00:01:36,764 You weren't, so let's just concentrate on healing your arm. 40 00:01:36,797 --> 00:01:40,134 Detectives, the victim's nephew is riling the crowd up outside. 41 00:01:40,168 --> 00:01:42,370 Okay. Nick. 42 00:01:42,403 --> 00:01:44,505 This officer here's gonna take your information. 43 00:01:44,538 --> 00:01:46,607 Thank you. 44 00:01:48,309 --> 00:01:51,479 The guy with the smock, Carlos, he's the cook here. 45 00:01:51,512 --> 00:01:52,880 Carlos. Carlos! 46 00:01:55,349 --> 00:01:57,251 I'm Detective Green. This is Detective Fontana. 47 00:01:57,285 --> 00:01:58,686 Listen, man, we're sorry about your uncle. 48 00:01:58,719 --> 00:02:00,154 Now, did you see what happened? 49 00:02:00,188 --> 00:02:01,622 No, but I know what happened. 50 00:02:01,655 --> 00:02:04,292 Damn dope dealers is what happened. 51 00:02:04,325 --> 00:02:06,160 What dealers? Who are you talking about? 52 00:02:06,194 --> 00:02:07,461 The Puerto Rican guys from the neighborhood. 53 00:02:07,495 --> 00:02:09,163 (Green) Why would they wanna shoot this place up? 54 00:02:09,197 --> 00:02:11,332 My uncle pepper sprayed one of them the other day 55 00:02:11,365 --> 00:02:12,433 in front of his boys. 56 00:02:12,466 --> 00:02:14,335 Who did he pepper spray? 57 00:02:14,368 --> 00:02:15,536 A wannabe punk named Prim. 58 00:02:15,569 --> 00:02:17,305 And throwing out the garbage this morning, 59 00:02:17,338 --> 00:02:19,607 I saw his ass on the corner glaring. 60 00:02:19,640 --> 00:02:23,244 We called 5-0 on Prim like five times and nada. 61 00:02:23,277 --> 00:02:24,712 Do yourself a favor. Stay out of this 62 00:02:24,745 --> 00:02:26,380 and let us do our job, all right? 63 00:02:26,414 --> 00:02:27,681 Can I go? 64 00:02:27,715 --> 00:02:28,816 Yeah, but where can we find Prim? 65 00:02:28,849 --> 00:02:31,585 I got no idea. 66 00:02:31,619 --> 00:02:35,223 All right, go, but, Carlos, go be with your family. 67 00:02:35,256 --> 00:02:37,558 Don't go looking for Prim, all right? 68 00:02:38,692 --> 00:02:39,727 We better find this guy Prim 69 00:02:39,760 --> 00:02:43,331 before this whole neighborhood turns into a war zone. 70 00:03:35,015 --> 00:03:36,950 Hey, is that our guy? 71 00:03:36,984 --> 00:03:38,752 That's him. 72 00:03:52,800 --> 00:03:54,302 What's up, man? Why you following me, dog? 73 00:03:54,335 --> 00:03:55,703 'Cause you look guilty. Turn around, hands up. 74 00:03:55,736 --> 00:03:57,705 You got anything sharp in your pockets? 75 00:04:00,040 --> 00:04:02,976 Excuse me, sir. Did you drop these? 76 00:04:03,010 --> 00:04:04,945 Did you? 77 00:04:06,614 --> 00:04:09,483 Ten decks of heroin within 1,000 feet of a school? 78 00:04:09,517 --> 00:04:11,519 That's B felony territory. 79 00:04:11,552 --> 00:04:13,721 I told you those drugs wasn't mine. 80 00:04:13,754 --> 00:04:17,291 B felony. That's nine years, bro. 81 00:04:17,325 --> 00:04:18,859 What is this? 82 00:04:18,892 --> 00:04:20,928 Y'all ain't even with narcotics, man. 83 00:04:20,961 --> 00:04:22,663 Sit your ass down. 84 00:04:22,696 --> 00:04:24,665 You're right. We're on Homicide. 85 00:04:24,698 --> 00:04:26,900 As in the homicide of Oscar Morales. 86 00:04:26,934 --> 00:04:28,636 You remember, the guy that pepper sprayed you 87 00:04:28,669 --> 00:04:31,038 in front of his diner because you were dealing drugs there. 88 00:04:31,071 --> 00:04:32,105 So what happened? 89 00:04:32,139 --> 00:04:34,508 This old fool drop you in front of your friends, 90 00:04:34,542 --> 00:04:35,876 and you gotta represent, is that it? 91 00:04:35,909 --> 00:04:37,545 Not enough to shoot him. 92 00:04:37,578 --> 00:04:39,313 (Fontana) Shooting? Who mentioned anything about a shooting? 93 00:04:39,347 --> 00:04:41,048 Look, I got 15 guys that say I was on the corner 94 00:04:41,081 --> 00:04:43,317 when that shooting went down. 95 00:04:43,351 --> 00:04:44,385 Well, 15 of your boys and their hoochie mamas 96 00:04:44,418 --> 00:04:45,653 isn't gonna make an alibi for you. 97 00:04:45,686 --> 00:04:47,655 I swear on my grandmother I didn't do this. 98 00:04:47,688 --> 00:04:49,823 Your grandmother ain't gonna cut it either. 99 00:04:53,827 --> 00:04:56,664 But what if I said I seen who did? 100 00:04:56,697 --> 00:04:58,432 Would you negotiate with me for a minute? 101 00:04:58,466 --> 00:05:01,034 Why don't you tell us what you know 102 00:05:01,068 --> 00:05:02,603 and we'll see if it helps your case. 103 00:05:02,636 --> 00:05:03,871 I hear three shots. 104 00:05:03,904 --> 00:05:06,607 I see a black kid with a hoodie and a red hat 105 00:05:06,640 --> 00:05:07,841 come stumbling out the diner. 106 00:05:07,875 --> 00:05:10,411 He was wearing a hat and a hood, and you still saw his face? 107 00:05:10,444 --> 00:05:12,646 I know the kid. His name is Jeremy Miller-- 108 00:05:12,680 --> 00:05:14,014 Milner-- Something like that. 109 00:05:14,047 --> 00:05:15,683 Dude's just a neighborhood hopper. 110 00:05:15,716 --> 00:05:17,385 Hopper? What the hell is a hopper? 111 00:05:17,418 --> 00:05:19,086 He just hops along to get stuff. 112 00:05:19,119 --> 00:05:21,522 Does whatever he has to do to make money. 113 00:05:21,555 --> 00:05:23,391 You know, sweep storefronts, cop drugs, whatever. 114 00:05:23,424 --> 00:05:25,659 Well, is there any indication that there's bad blood 115 00:05:25,693 --> 00:05:27,495 between this kid Jeremy and Morales? 116 00:05:27,528 --> 00:05:30,698 I don't know. I only talked to the kid like three times. 117 00:05:30,731 --> 00:05:32,766 So where can we find this dude? 118 00:05:32,800 --> 00:05:36,036 He's been hanging out on the corner with us lately. 119 00:05:36,069 --> 00:05:38,105 Said he was looking for a piece. 120 00:05:38,138 --> 00:05:39,840 Guess he found one. 121 00:05:39,873 --> 00:05:41,975 Now, what about my ten decks? 122 00:05:42,009 --> 00:05:43,611 If your information doesn't pan out, 123 00:05:43,644 --> 00:05:47,781 you have no idea the amount of trouble you're in. 124 00:05:50,017 --> 00:05:51,519 Hey, Lou? Yeah. 125 00:05:51,552 --> 00:05:53,153 Prim's "hanging on the corner" alibi checked out. 126 00:05:53,186 --> 00:05:54,855 He was in front of the bodega across the street 127 00:05:54,888 --> 00:05:55,856 when the shots rang out. 128 00:05:55,889 --> 00:05:56,924 The owner confirmed it. 129 00:05:56,957 --> 00:05:58,559 What about the name he threw on us? 130 00:05:58,592 --> 00:05:59,627 This kid, Jeremy Miller. 131 00:05:59,660 --> 00:06:01,995 He got collared two years ago for solicitation. 132 00:06:02,029 --> 00:06:04,031 He's been in foster care most of his life. 133 00:06:04,064 --> 00:06:05,499 Prim ID'd him as the shooter. 134 00:06:05,533 --> 00:06:07,000 Anyone else ID? 135 00:06:07,034 --> 00:06:09,002 Witnesses saw a kid wearing a hood. 136 00:06:09,036 --> 00:06:11,038 Did Ballistics get anything off the slug from the diner? 137 00:06:11,071 --> 00:06:13,407 There were no hits from IBIS. 138 00:06:13,441 --> 00:06:15,909 So is there any connection between our DOA Morales 139 00:06:15,943 --> 00:06:17,010 and this kid? 140 00:06:17,044 --> 00:06:18,145 No, not so far. 141 00:06:18,178 --> 00:06:20,814 And Morales doesn't have a history with street hustlers. 142 00:06:20,848 --> 00:06:22,650 But that can mean he just never got caught. 143 00:06:22,683 --> 00:06:25,819 Well, I don't know how much I trust a name 144 00:06:25,853 --> 00:06:27,187 coming from this guy Prim. 145 00:06:27,220 --> 00:06:31,459 I mean, he's trying to work off, what, ten decks of dope? 146 00:06:31,492 --> 00:06:33,561 Look, if that kid's the shooter, 147 00:06:33,594 --> 00:06:34,862 he's on the street right now. 148 00:06:34,895 --> 00:06:37,064 He's 14, he's reckless, and he's got a gun. 149 00:06:37,097 --> 00:06:41,935 All right, talk to the boy's foster parents. 150 00:06:44,237 --> 00:06:46,707 We have no idea where he could be. 151 00:06:46,740 --> 00:06:48,642 We did everything we could to parent him, 152 00:06:48,676 --> 00:06:51,512 but he came and went as he pleased. 153 00:06:51,545 --> 00:06:53,481 Does he have any friends that we can talk to? 154 00:06:53,514 --> 00:06:54,815 No one. Not anymore. 155 00:06:54,848 --> 00:06:56,650 What does that mean? 156 00:06:56,684 --> 00:06:58,652 Well, he had a younger sister, Emily. 157 00:06:58,686 --> 00:07:02,556 She was born HIV-positive, then developed full-blown AIDS. 158 00:07:02,590 --> 00:07:04,458 She died two days ago. 159 00:07:04,492 --> 00:07:06,026 Did Jeremy have HIV? 160 00:07:06,059 --> 00:07:09,062 His mother contracted it after he was born. 161 00:07:09,096 --> 00:07:11,932 She died five years ago. 162 00:07:11,965 --> 00:07:13,934 Did his sister live here too? 163 00:07:13,967 --> 00:07:16,804 No. We couldn't accommodate her needs. 164 00:07:16,837 --> 00:07:19,707 It's been this way with Jeremy all his life. 165 00:07:19,740 --> 00:07:23,010 His sister's status has always kept them separated, 166 00:07:23,043 --> 00:07:26,079 but he's worked hard to keep in touch 167 00:07:26,113 --> 00:07:27,147 and to stay close. 168 00:07:27,180 --> 00:07:30,117 Emily's the only person Jeremy really opened up to. 169 00:07:30,150 --> 00:07:31,985 (Fontana) He must have been devastated. 170 00:07:32,019 --> 00:07:35,088 He was, but not enough to go shoot people. 171 00:07:35,122 --> 00:07:38,892 Do you know if Jeremy knew of a man named Oscar Morales? 172 00:07:38,926 --> 00:07:40,694 No. 173 00:07:40,728 --> 00:07:41,695 You know if he ever spent any time 174 00:07:41,729 --> 00:07:47,167 at Mr. Morales' diner at 175th and Broadway? 175 00:07:47,200 --> 00:07:51,171 That's near the hospital where Jeremy's sister died. 176 00:07:51,204 --> 00:07:53,574 Which hospital is that? 177 00:07:53,607 --> 00:07:55,108 Children's Healing House. 178 00:07:55,142 --> 00:07:58,979 Where the other victim works. 179 00:08:02,182 --> 00:08:04,051 We don't think Jeremy was aiming at Oscar Morales. 180 00:08:04,084 --> 00:08:06,854 We think there's a possibility he was aiming at you. 181 00:08:06,887 --> 00:08:08,722 Now, how much contact have you had with him? 182 00:08:08,756 --> 00:08:10,123 I'd see him here when he was visiting his sister. 183 00:08:10,157 --> 00:08:12,192 But you're a hospital administrator, correct? 184 00:08:12,225 --> 00:08:14,027 Chairman of the hospital's community advisory committee. 185 00:08:14,061 --> 00:08:16,730 Then why do you think this kid would be gunning for you? 186 00:08:16,764 --> 00:08:18,666 I had to have security escort him out of the facility 187 00:08:18,699 --> 00:08:20,534 three weeks ago. 188 00:08:20,568 --> 00:08:23,771 A floor nurse caught him disconnecting his sister's IVs. 189 00:08:23,804 --> 00:08:25,105 Assisted suicide? 190 00:08:25,138 --> 00:08:26,640 He said he was trying to take her home. 191 00:08:26,674 --> 00:08:28,809 Or as he said it, break her out. 192 00:08:28,842 --> 00:08:30,844 Why would he wanna break her out? 193 00:08:30,878 --> 00:08:32,746 When Emily's virus stopped responding 194 00:08:32,780 --> 00:08:34,615 to traditional medicines, 195 00:08:34,648 --> 00:08:36,617 her condition declined rapidly. 196 00:08:36,650 --> 00:08:38,051 She was wasting away. 197 00:08:38,085 --> 00:08:41,789 It was hard for us to watch, let alone a 14-year-old. 198 00:08:41,822 --> 00:08:44,992 But I had to have him barred from the facility. 199 00:08:45,025 --> 00:08:45,926 Detective Green. 200 00:08:45,959 --> 00:08:48,962 Maybe if I allowed him supervised visits, 201 00:08:48,996 --> 00:08:50,631 that man would still be alive. 202 00:08:50,664 --> 00:08:54,167 Miss Clemens, until Jeremy Miller is off the street, 203 00:08:54,201 --> 00:08:57,204 we think it's best that we put you into protective custody. 204 00:08:57,237 --> 00:08:59,006 Is that really necessary? 205 00:08:59,039 --> 00:09:00,708 Well, by now he knows he went after the wrong target. 206 00:09:00,741 --> 00:09:02,710 He might wanna try and finish the job. 207 00:09:02,743 --> 00:09:04,211 Hey, Joe, they just spotted him walking into the park 208 00:09:04,244 --> 00:09:05,312 across the street. 209 00:09:05,345 --> 00:09:08,649 Ma'am, I need you to stay here with this officer, okay? 210 00:09:08,682 --> 00:09:10,283 He's on a bench in the park. 211 00:09:10,317 --> 00:09:12,886 He's waiting for Clemens to leave the hospital. 212 00:09:12,920 --> 00:09:14,655 There, next to the garbage can. 213 00:09:14,688 --> 00:09:15,923 He threw his hood up about ten minutes ago. 214 00:09:15,956 --> 00:09:18,358 (Fontana) Okay, make sure everybody knows 215 00:09:18,391 --> 00:09:21,094 that this kid is armed, all right? You got it. 216 00:09:23,831 --> 00:09:24,932 Stay away from me. 217 00:09:24,965 --> 00:09:26,600 Just take it easy, kid. 218 00:09:26,634 --> 00:09:28,335 All we wanna do is talk to you. 219 00:09:28,368 --> 00:09:30,671 Is that why you're drawing down on me? 220 00:09:30,704 --> 00:09:33,006 No, it's because you got that .22 in your right pocket. 221 00:09:33,040 --> 00:09:36,043 Now, listen, kid, I want you to listen to me, okay? 222 00:09:36,076 --> 00:09:37,845 You can trust us. 223 00:09:37,878 --> 00:09:40,814 My name is Detective Fontana, and this is Detective Green. 224 00:09:40,848 --> 00:09:44,384 And we don't mean you any harm at all. 225 00:09:44,417 --> 00:09:46,754 You wanna kill me. I know you do. 226 00:09:46,787 --> 00:09:47,821 No, no, not at all. 227 00:09:47,855 --> 00:09:49,322 All we wanna do is talk with you. 228 00:09:51,024 --> 00:09:52,860 Is that Spanish guy dead? 229 00:09:52,893 --> 00:09:55,095 You don't have to worry about him now. 230 00:09:55,128 --> 00:09:57,330 I didn't mean to shoot him. 231 00:09:57,364 --> 00:09:59,700 I'm sorry. We know you are, man. 232 00:09:59,733 --> 00:10:04,071 They did this. The doctors. That bitch Clemens. 233 00:10:04,104 --> 00:10:06,840 Okay, all right, that's exactly what we wanna talk about. 234 00:10:06,874 --> 00:10:07,908 I could have saved her. 235 00:10:07,941 --> 00:10:10,110 CHH killed her. 236 00:10:10,143 --> 00:10:12,345 They murdered her. 237 00:10:12,379 --> 00:10:14,347 All right, we're gonna look into that for you. 238 00:10:14,381 --> 00:10:17,217 But for right now, stay calm 239 00:10:17,250 --> 00:10:20,087 and please hand that gun over to me. 240 00:10:20,120 --> 00:10:23,090 Tell that man's family I'm sorry. 241 00:10:23,123 --> 00:10:25,025 I'll tell you what. 242 00:10:25,058 --> 00:10:28,328 Why don't we all get together and sit down 243 00:10:28,361 --> 00:10:29,963 and then you can tell them yourself, in person, 244 00:10:29,997 --> 00:10:31,398 how sorry you really are. 245 00:10:31,431 --> 00:10:32,399 How's that? 246 00:10:32,432 --> 00:10:35,703 I'm so sorry. 247 00:10:35,736 --> 00:10:37,304 [gunshot] 248 00:11:04,998 --> 00:11:07,367 Look, if a kid's determined to go, 249 00:11:07,400 --> 00:11:09,703 it doesn't matter what you say to him. 250 00:11:09,737 --> 00:11:11,238 He was here to do another murder. 251 00:11:11,271 --> 00:11:14,107 It's a dirty shame, but I'll sleep fine. 252 00:11:14,141 --> 00:11:15,175 All right. 253 00:11:15,208 --> 00:11:16,443 Lou, we got a suicide note. 254 00:11:16,476 --> 00:11:18,812 Let's see. 255 00:11:18,846 --> 00:11:21,815 "She was all I had, and they took her away. 256 00:11:21,849 --> 00:11:25,152 They killed her. Elaine Clemens killed her. 257 00:11:25,185 --> 00:11:27,387 Why was her head caved in?" 258 00:11:27,420 --> 00:11:29,957 Didn't the sister die of AIDS? 259 00:11:29,990 --> 00:11:31,491 That's what Clemens told us. 260 00:11:31,524 --> 00:11:33,326 Well, why was her head caved in? 261 00:11:33,360 --> 00:11:34,862 Maybe that's why he was trying 262 00:11:34,895 --> 00:11:35,863 to break her out of the hospital, 263 00:11:35,896 --> 00:11:36,964 because she was being abused. 264 00:11:36,997 --> 00:11:38,866 Maybe. 265 00:11:38,899 --> 00:11:40,834 I understand wanting to put this to bed. 266 00:11:40,868 --> 00:11:42,102 It was an ugly thing to witness. 267 00:11:42,135 --> 00:11:44,838 I'm fine, Lieutenant. 268 00:11:44,872 --> 00:11:47,808 No one is fine watching a 14-year-old 269 00:11:47,841 --> 00:11:49,743 blow his brains out. 270 00:11:49,777 --> 00:11:54,014 But maybe we'll sleep better knowing the truth. 271 00:12:00,287 --> 00:12:02,756 Emily Miller. The medical report says 272 00:12:02,790 --> 00:12:05,325 her cause of death is pneumonia resulting from AIDS. 273 00:12:05,358 --> 00:12:07,928 But our intake sheet does show some head trauma. 274 00:12:07,961 --> 00:12:09,462 So what about her autopsy? 275 00:12:09,496 --> 00:12:10,463 I didn't get there yet. 276 00:12:10,497 --> 00:12:11,464 Well, what are you waiting for? 277 00:12:11,498 --> 00:12:14,034 We had five homicides in the last two days. 278 00:12:14,067 --> 00:12:15,535 Till you called half an hour ago, 279 00:12:15,568 --> 00:12:17,304 she was low priority. Natural causes. 280 00:12:17,337 --> 00:12:19,239 Come on! With head trauma? 281 00:12:19,272 --> 00:12:21,975 Hey, cause of death says complications from AIDS. 282 00:12:22,009 --> 00:12:23,143 There's a dead kid in the park 283 00:12:23,176 --> 00:12:24,878 that would argue with you about that. 284 00:12:24,912 --> 00:12:27,347 So you mind checking her head wound for us right now, please? 285 00:12:40,393 --> 00:12:42,362 (Murphy) Yeah, it's a contusion 286 00:12:42,395 --> 00:12:44,164 about five centimeters in diameter. 287 00:12:44,197 --> 00:12:45,165 (Fontana) Blunt force? 288 00:12:45,198 --> 00:12:46,499 Most likely. Enough to kill her? 289 00:12:46,533 --> 00:12:48,401 Not without an autopsy. 290 00:12:48,435 --> 00:12:50,938 Well, what's your best guess, Doctor? 291 00:12:50,971 --> 00:12:55,042 Well, terminal AIDS patients can hemorrhage pretty easily. 292 00:12:55,075 --> 00:12:57,277 A mild whack on the head could have killed her. 293 00:12:57,310 --> 00:12:59,079 You know, we're gonna hand this body over to Rogers. 294 00:12:59,112 --> 00:13:00,480 That way we're not guessing, all right? 295 00:13:00,513 --> 00:13:03,550 Fellas, once in a blue moon 296 00:13:03,583 --> 00:13:06,219 a kid comes in dead with an AIDS diagnosis, 297 00:13:06,253 --> 00:13:09,089 so it's not outrageous to accept the medical report. 298 00:13:09,122 --> 00:13:10,290 Who reported the death? 299 00:13:10,323 --> 00:13:12,492 Uh, Dr. Andrew Copelan. 300 00:13:12,525 --> 00:13:15,128 Children's Healing House. 301 00:13:15,162 --> 00:13:17,898 This is the first I've heard of a contusion on her head. 302 00:13:17,931 --> 00:13:21,001 Emily Miller died of AIDS, which she had since birth. 303 00:13:21,034 --> 00:13:22,836 When the last time you saw her alive? 304 00:13:22,870 --> 00:13:25,305 The morning she died, on rounds. 305 00:13:25,338 --> 00:13:27,107 What was her condition? 306 00:13:27,140 --> 00:13:30,310 Her breathing was labored. She was in a lot of pain. 307 00:13:30,343 --> 00:13:31,912 From her head? 308 00:13:31,945 --> 00:13:35,448 Joint pain and from the sores in her mouth. 309 00:13:35,482 --> 00:13:37,918 Was there anything peculiar about her condition? 310 00:13:37,951 --> 00:13:40,553 No. 311 00:13:40,587 --> 00:13:42,389 Then how would you explain a bedridden kid 312 00:13:42,422 --> 00:13:44,024 with a head injury? 313 00:13:45,558 --> 00:13:47,260 I honestly can't. 314 00:13:47,294 --> 00:13:48,996 She didn't complain of it when I saw her that morning. 315 00:13:49,029 --> 00:13:51,064 What time was it when you saw her? 316 00:13:51,098 --> 00:13:52,499 8:00 a.m. Who could have been in her room 317 00:13:52,532 --> 00:13:55,202 between the time you saw her and when she died? 318 00:13:58,638 --> 00:14:00,941 Doctor? 319 00:14:00,974 --> 00:14:03,443 Is there something on your mind? 320 00:14:05,312 --> 00:14:08,415 No one in the hospital would have harmed that little girl. 321 00:14:08,448 --> 00:14:10,884 Elaine Clemens told us that watching her die 322 00:14:10,918 --> 00:14:12,519 was an awful thing to witness. 323 00:14:15,122 --> 00:14:15,956 It was. 324 00:14:15,989 --> 00:14:17,490 So if you know somebody who might have 325 00:14:17,524 --> 00:14:20,160 put her out of her misery, 326 00:14:20,193 --> 00:14:22,029 you should tell us about that. 327 00:14:25,632 --> 00:14:27,600 I'm an orderly. 328 00:14:27,634 --> 00:14:29,102 We don't involved much with patients 329 00:14:29,136 --> 00:14:30,303 past shuttling them around. 330 00:14:30,337 --> 00:14:31,671 You were close to Emily Miller. 331 00:14:31,704 --> 00:14:33,006 You used to read to her. 332 00:14:33,040 --> 00:14:34,274 You brought her a teddy bear. 333 00:14:34,307 --> 00:14:36,509 It was my daughter's. She'd grown out of it. 334 00:14:36,543 --> 00:14:37,677 Look, I'm gonna cut to the chase. 335 00:14:37,710 --> 00:14:39,546 You were on duty when Emily died, 336 00:14:39,579 --> 00:14:41,548 and you took a collar for a domestic assault. 337 00:14:41,581 --> 00:14:43,350 That was ten years ago. 338 00:14:43,383 --> 00:14:46,086 I was a different person back then. 339 00:14:46,119 --> 00:14:48,155 Emily died of AIDS. 340 00:14:48,188 --> 00:14:49,456 With head trauma being looked after 341 00:14:49,489 --> 00:14:51,624 by a guy who has a problem with his hands. 342 00:14:51,658 --> 00:14:55,328 From drinking, which I don't anymore. 343 00:14:55,362 --> 00:14:57,230 And I wasn't the last person in the room, okay? Who was? 344 00:14:57,264 --> 00:14:59,933 I could lose my job if Dr. Copelan finds out. 345 00:14:59,967 --> 00:15:01,034 Look, if I were you, I'd worry about losing 346 00:15:01,068 --> 00:15:02,669 the next 20 years of your life. 347 00:15:05,238 --> 00:15:08,441 Emily was so sick, and she was crying all the time. 348 00:15:08,475 --> 00:15:11,011 She asked if I'd sneak her old foster mother in to see her. 349 00:15:11,044 --> 00:15:13,413 Why would you have to sneak her in? 350 00:15:13,446 --> 00:15:14,547 Three months ago Child Services took her to court 351 00:15:14,581 --> 00:15:15,515 and had her charged with abuse. 352 00:15:15,548 --> 00:15:17,217 And you let this woman into that child's room. 353 00:15:17,250 --> 00:15:20,087 You got it all wrong. 354 00:15:20,120 --> 00:15:23,656 Pamela's a decent lady. She loved that girl. 355 00:15:26,659 --> 00:15:29,362 That abuse charge was ludicrous. 356 00:15:29,396 --> 00:15:31,698 And it wasn't for physical abuse. 357 00:15:31,731 --> 00:15:33,166 It was because I stopped giving Emily 358 00:15:33,200 --> 00:15:35,135 her AIDS medication. 359 00:15:35,168 --> 00:15:37,304 Why would you do something like that? 360 00:15:37,337 --> 00:15:39,172 Because that medication was supposed to make her better, 361 00:15:39,206 --> 00:15:40,473 not worse. 362 00:15:40,507 --> 00:15:41,474 Well, the judge disagreed. 363 00:15:41,508 --> 00:15:43,510 The judge didn't spend every night 364 00:15:43,543 --> 00:15:45,645 wiping the vomit from her mouth. 365 00:15:45,678 --> 00:15:48,748 When I took Emily out of CHH five months ago, 366 00:15:48,781 --> 00:15:50,350 she could barely walk. 367 00:15:50,383 --> 00:15:53,386 Seven years old, 36 pounds. 368 00:15:53,420 --> 00:15:56,256 Off the meds, she started gaining weight. 369 00:15:56,289 --> 00:15:58,091 She could even play in the park. 370 00:15:58,125 --> 00:16:01,094 How does that add up to an abuse charge? 371 00:16:01,128 --> 00:16:02,662 Dr. Copelan went ballistic. 372 00:16:02,695 --> 00:16:05,132 He said she couldn't ever be off the regimen 373 00:16:05,165 --> 00:16:07,534 because she was part of a drug trial 374 00:16:07,567 --> 00:16:09,436 to find a more effective pediatric 375 00:16:09,469 --> 00:16:10,603 AIDS cocktail. 376 00:16:10,637 --> 00:16:12,105 Well, excuse me for saying so, 377 00:16:12,139 --> 00:16:14,141 but that sounds like a good thing. 378 00:16:14,174 --> 00:16:16,409 But he acts more like a zealot than a doctor. 379 00:16:16,443 --> 00:16:18,545 Look, Ms. Henson, you're gonna have to come down 380 00:16:18,578 --> 00:16:20,580 to the station house with us till we sort this out. 381 00:16:20,613 --> 00:16:22,715 ME's found the cause of death. 382 00:16:25,518 --> 00:16:28,088 The head contusion was non-lethal. 383 00:16:28,121 --> 00:16:30,757 Number of drugs she was on, she most likely slipped and fell 384 00:16:30,790 --> 00:16:32,425 from pain or fatigue. 385 00:16:32,459 --> 00:16:35,562 These are AIDS drugs we're talking about, right? 386 00:16:35,595 --> 00:16:38,431 Her tox screen reads like an AIDS pharmacopoeia. 387 00:16:38,465 --> 00:16:42,302 "Calidrone, Nofolox, Thadnuium, Drexenall, DZB." 388 00:16:42,335 --> 00:16:44,204 At these dosages and these meds, 389 00:16:44,237 --> 00:16:46,173 she probably felt like she was being burned alive 390 00:16:46,206 --> 00:16:48,108 from the inside out. 391 00:16:48,141 --> 00:16:49,542 So what'd she die of? 392 00:16:49,576 --> 00:16:51,178 (Rodgers) Her bone marrow depletion 393 00:16:51,211 --> 00:16:53,713 resulted in a multi-organ system failure-- 394 00:16:53,746 --> 00:16:55,215 liver, kidneys-- 395 00:16:55,248 --> 00:16:58,051 all caused by very powerful medications 396 00:16:58,085 --> 00:17:00,120 with potentially lethal side effects. 397 00:17:00,153 --> 00:17:01,354 So what are we talking about here? 398 00:17:01,388 --> 00:17:03,356 We talking about hospital mishap? 399 00:17:03,390 --> 00:17:05,092 Accidental overdose, what? 400 00:17:05,125 --> 00:17:07,394 Bone marrow failure this drastic doesn't happen overnight, 401 00:17:07,427 --> 00:17:10,530 and it doesn't happen at all to a person her age. 402 00:17:10,563 --> 00:17:13,466 And look at this. 403 00:17:13,500 --> 00:17:14,467 (Fontana) Track marks? 404 00:17:14,501 --> 00:17:15,802 Intramuscular. 405 00:17:15,835 --> 00:17:19,172 And that's not in a place where you'd draw blood. 406 00:17:19,206 --> 00:17:21,241 She must have been administered some drug 407 00:17:21,274 --> 00:17:23,743 outside her treatment protocol. 408 00:17:23,776 --> 00:17:27,680 And every drug I can identify is given orally. 409 00:17:29,549 --> 00:17:31,118 Every drug in Emily Miller's system 410 00:17:31,151 --> 00:17:33,753 has been approved for my phase two protocols. 411 00:17:33,786 --> 00:17:35,088 These drugs are given orally, correct? 412 00:17:35,122 --> 00:17:36,089 Yes. 413 00:17:36,123 --> 00:17:37,757 Then why would there be track marks on her leg? 414 00:17:37,790 --> 00:17:38,691 Unless you were giving her something 415 00:17:38,725 --> 00:17:40,360 you didn't want anyone else to know about. 416 00:17:40,393 --> 00:17:42,562 Maybe she was self-mutilating. 417 00:17:42,595 --> 00:17:44,397 Some young girls do that. 418 00:17:44,431 --> 00:17:47,567 She had organ failure, muscle wasting, anemia. 419 00:17:47,600 --> 00:17:49,569 You understand there's still no viable drug cocktail 420 00:17:49,602 --> 00:17:51,671 to cure or eliminate the virus in children. 421 00:17:51,704 --> 00:17:53,773 Why don't you tell us what she was allergic to? 422 00:17:54,874 --> 00:17:57,210 You were using this girl as a guinea pig 423 00:17:57,244 --> 00:17:58,578 because she was a foster kid 424 00:17:58,611 --> 00:18:00,547 and she couldn't complain about it. 425 00:18:00,580 --> 00:18:02,382 I was giving her cutting-edge care. 426 00:18:02,415 --> 00:18:04,651 Which led directly to her grave, am I correct? 427 00:18:04,684 --> 00:18:06,119 There's something you're not telling us. 428 00:18:06,153 --> 00:18:08,655 Out autopsy report proves it. 429 00:18:11,558 --> 00:18:14,827 Any other questions, talk to my lawyer. 430 00:18:16,363 --> 00:18:17,730 Dr. Copelan's grant guidelines 431 00:18:17,764 --> 00:18:19,632 say that no more than three drugs 432 00:18:19,666 --> 00:18:21,868 shall be administered on any test subject 433 00:18:21,901 --> 00:18:23,670 during one daily cycle. 434 00:18:23,703 --> 00:18:26,273 Emily Miller died with five in her system. 435 00:18:26,306 --> 00:18:29,242 So Dr. Copelan violated the grant protocols. 436 00:18:29,276 --> 00:18:30,543 It's a civil matter. 437 00:18:30,577 --> 00:18:32,545 Look, this was a voluntary trial. 438 00:18:32,579 --> 00:18:34,881 But how does an 8-year-old comprehend the risks? 439 00:18:34,914 --> 00:18:38,318 Well, who gave the doctor her informed consent? 440 00:18:38,351 --> 00:18:41,388 Some neutral advocate rubber stamped the thing. 441 00:18:41,421 --> 00:18:42,655 So from a legal standpoint, 442 00:18:42,689 --> 00:18:43,923 she didn't have to understand the risks. 443 00:18:43,956 --> 00:18:48,195 Look, should Dr. Copelan have monitored her condition better? 444 00:18:48,228 --> 00:18:50,730 Absolutely. But the DA's office will say 445 00:18:50,763 --> 00:18:52,499 that's a question for civil court. 446 00:18:52,532 --> 00:18:54,167 (Green) Hey, the ME's office called. 447 00:18:54,201 --> 00:18:55,402 Her friend at the CDC said 448 00:18:55,435 --> 00:18:57,237 the mystery drug that was in Emily Miller 449 00:18:57,270 --> 00:18:58,871 was an experimental AIDS vaccine 450 00:18:58,905 --> 00:19:01,441 only for use in animals. 451 00:19:01,474 --> 00:19:03,510 We're way out of civil court now. 452 00:19:06,746 --> 00:19:08,881 That sick son of a bitch. 453 00:19:18,225 --> 00:19:20,927 Detectives. 454 00:19:20,960 --> 00:19:22,929 What now? 455 00:19:22,962 --> 00:19:25,798 You're under arrest for the murder of Emily Miller. 456 00:19:25,832 --> 00:19:27,867 I was her doctor. What are you talking about? 457 00:19:27,900 --> 00:19:30,470 Then you should have acted like it. 458 00:19:30,503 --> 00:19:32,805 Make sure the children stay on the regimen. 459 00:19:32,839 --> 00:19:33,673 (Fontana) You have the right to remain silent. 460 00:19:33,706 --> 00:19:35,242 You have the right to an attorney. 461 00:19:35,275 --> 00:19:36,776 If you can't afford an attorney... 462 00:19:38,845 --> 00:19:41,781 Docket number 37874. 463 00:19:41,814 --> 00:19:43,750 People vs. Andrew Copelan. 464 00:19:43,783 --> 00:19:46,219 The charge is murder in the second degree. 465 00:19:46,253 --> 00:19:47,354 How does your client plead? 466 00:19:47,387 --> 00:19:48,355 Apologies, Your Honor. 467 00:19:48,388 --> 00:19:50,557 For a moment, I thought we were in civil court. 468 00:19:50,590 --> 00:19:52,559 Well, get your geographical bearings 469 00:19:52,592 --> 00:19:54,261 and enter a plea, Counselor. 470 00:19:54,294 --> 00:19:55,828 Not guilty. 471 00:19:55,862 --> 00:19:57,330 (Judge Ferrante) People on bail? 472 00:19:57,364 --> 00:19:59,566 The people request remand, Your Honor. 473 00:19:59,599 --> 00:20:01,301 Mr. Copelan acted with depraved indifference 474 00:20:01,334 --> 00:20:03,536 when he deviated from normal standards of care 475 00:20:03,570 --> 00:20:06,706 by using an experimental AIDS vaccine 476 00:20:06,739 --> 00:20:08,275 which caused the death of an 8-year-old patient. 477 00:20:08,308 --> 00:20:10,277 (Hogenbaum) Dr. Copelan is a highly regarded 478 00:20:10,310 --> 00:20:11,411 member of the medical community 479 00:20:11,444 --> 00:20:15,014 involved in cutting-edge care for 163 dying children 480 00:20:15,047 --> 00:20:18,818 who depend solely upon his treatments to live. 481 00:20:18,851 --> 00:20:21,421 There is no hint of a flight risk. 482 00:20:21,454 --> 00:20:22,689 Except for his contacts in AIDS clinics in Europe, 483 00:20:22,722 --> 00:20:24,991 South America, and three African countries 484 00:20:25,024 --> 00:20:27,294 where the U.S. has no extradition treaty. 485 00:20:27,327 --> 00:20:28,861 Got it, Counselor. 486 00:20:28,895 --> 00:20:30,563 Bail is set at $500,000, 487 00:20:30,597 --> 00:20:33,766 and the doctor will surrender his passport. 488 00:20:35,968 --> 00:20:37,970 "LAV60. 489 00:20:38,004 --> 00:20:39,706 A live-attenuated-virus vaccine 490 00:20:39,739 --> 00:20:41,408 meant to boost the immune response 491 00:20:41,441 --> 00:20:43,510 in people already infected with AIDS." 492 00:20:43,543 --> 00:20:46,746 The ME says it's what killed Emily Miller. 493 00:20:46,779 --> 00:20:48,848 For use only on animals. 494 00:20:48,881 --> 00:20:51,351 How close was it to use in humans? 495 00:20:51,384 --> 00:20:52,852 The manufacturer was close to applying 496 00:20:52,885 --> 00:20:54,754 for an FDA investigation, 497 00:20:54,787 --> 00:20:56,289 but the drug was still proving lethal 498 00:20:56,323 --> 00:20:58,625 in 8% of canine recipients. 499 00:20:58,658 --> 00:21:01,661 And the girl's condition before taking this drug? 500 00:21:01,694 --> 00:21:03,963 She developed full-blown AIDS six months ago. 501 00:21:03,996 --> 00:21:06,366 So the defense will say it was AIDS that killed her. 502 00:21:06,399 --> 00:21:07,900 Which it would have, eventually. 503 00:21:07,934 --> 00:21:09,736 But does that excuse experimenting 504 00:21:09,769 --> 00:21:11,304 on an indigent child? 505 00:21:11,338 --> 00:21:14,374 Any chance it's children, plural? 506 00:21:14,407 --> 00:21:16,676 Still checking, but so far no other kids 507 00:21:16,709 --> 00:21:19,812 have signs of subcutaneous injections. 508 00:21:19,846 --> 00:21:21,614 If it was killing dogs, he'd know it could kill a child. 509 00:21:21,648 --> 00:21:23,416 That's depraved indifference murder. 510 00:21:23,450 --> 00:21:25,752 Or an attempt to prolong her life. 511 00:21:25,785 --> 00:21:28,488 An unapproved experimental drug crosses the line. 512 00:21:28,521 --> 00:21:31,591 Just know that it's not a very sharply drawn line. 513 00:21:31,624 --> 00:21:33,426 Unless he has a financial motive. 514 00:21:33,460 --> 00:21:36,062 It's being tested in two vivisection labs. 515 00:21:36,095 --> 00:21:37,697 One in Costa Rica, one in the city. 516 00:21:37,730 --> 00:21:41,434 Neither has ties to Dr. Copelan and his field research, 517 00:21:41,468 --> 00:21:44,003 but there is a connection between the three: 518 00:21:44,036 --> 00:21:46,539 their benefactor, Randolph McGinnis. 519 00:21:46,573 --> 00:21:49,676 He owns a stake in the manufacturing company. 520 00:21:49,709 --> 00:21:52,345 He paid the doctor to test it on humans? 521 00:21:52,379 --> 00:21:54,080 He did recently give $50 million 522 00:21:54,113 --> 00:21:56,983 to Children's Healing House for pediatric AIDS research. 523 00:22:03,456 --> 00:22:06,693 Andrew Copelan spent four years working with incurable children. 524 00:22:06,726 --> 00:22:09,962 You don't lock the man up. You put a halo on him. 525 00:22:09,996 --> 00:22:12,765 (Borgia) Your $50 million donation to Children's Healing House, 526 00:22:12,799 --> 00:22:14,534 that was his halo? Damn right. 527 00:22:14,567 --> 00:22:18,438 LAV60, Mr. McGinnis. 528 00:22:18,471 --> 00:22:21,073 Any idea how it came to be used on Emily Miller? 529 00:22:21,107 --> 00:22:22,975 You want me to implicate Dr. Copelan? 530 00:22:23,009 --> 00:22:25,412 I can't, and I won't. 531 00:22:25,445 --> 00:22:26,779 Any theories on how it might have gotten 532 00:22:26,813 --> 00:22:28,481 into Dr. Copelan's possession? 533 00:22:30,182 --> 00:22:32,419 I need a club sandwich. You want one? 534 00:22:32,452 --> 00:22:35,154 You threatened to void 535 00:22:35,187 --> 00:22:38,124 your 50-million donation to Children's Healing House 536 00:22:38,157 --> 00:22:41,694 if they didn't bring down their pediatric HIV mortality rate. 537 00:22:41,728 --> 00:22:43,896 You emailed Dr. Copelan an article 538 00:22:43,930 --> 00:22:45,832 from the American Medical Journal, 539 00:22:45,865 --> 00:22:47,867 which ranked his study second in the nation 540 00:22:47,900 --> 00:22:49,001 for pediatric mortality. 541 00:22:49,035 --> 00:22:51,738 I thought he might be interested. 542 00:22:51,771 --> 00:22:54,541 The subject line of the e-mail was "Shape up." 543 00:22:54,574 --> 00:22:56,543 Did you threaten to pull the 50 million? 544 00:22:56,576 --> 00:22:58,611 No. 545 00:22:58,645 --> 00:23:00,480 How do you explain "Shape up"? 546 00:23:00,513 --> 00:23:01,280 A suggestion. 547 00:23:01,313 --> 00:23:03,516 Any indication he'd take it to heart? 548 00:23:03,550 --> 00:23:05,117 By being reckless, you mean? 549 00:23:05,151 --> 00:23:06,953 There's a subsequent responding e-mail 550 00:23:06,986 --> 00:23:09,956 asking for suggestions as to how to accomplish the task. 551 00:23:09,989 --> 00:23:12,759 Recall my response? "I'm not the doctor." 552 00:23:12,792 --> 00:23:14,927 But you have a financial stake in LAV60, don't you? 553 00:23:14,961 --> 00:23:17,029 You own a quarter of the company that's producing it. 554 00:23:17,063 --> 00:23:19,632 50 million to test my drug on humans? 555 00:23:19,666 --> 00:23:22,068 On little girls? That is a sick accusation. 556 00:23:23,970 --> 00:23:26,806 Emily Miller didn't administer that drug to herself. 557 00:23:26,839 --> 00:23:28,074 I gave Andrew Copelan 50 million 558 00:23:28,107 --> 00:23:29,909 because he is a generous, caring physician. 559 00:23:29,942 --> 00:23:31,811 A donation that was never in danger. 560 00:23:31,844 --> 00:23:35,548 Talk to his chairwoman of the community advisory board 561 00:23:35,582 --> 00:23:36,783 and show yourself out. 562 00:23:40,853 --> 00:23:43,690 Randolph McGinnis is a devoted patron. 563 00:23:43,723 --> 00:23:46,926 Do you think it's possible that he pressured Dr. Copelan 564 00:23:46,959 --> 00:23:49,462 to test LAV60 on Emily Miller? 565 00:23:49,496 --> 00:23:52,532 I can't imagine him making that suggestion. 566 00:23:52,565 --> 00:23:56,235 Well, how do you think the drug got into her body, Miss Clemens? 567 00:23:56,268 --> 00:23:58,505 I don't know. 568 00:23:58,538 --> 00:24:01,073 You recently tendered your resignation. 569 00:24:01,107 --> 00:24:02,842 Yes. 570 00:24:02,875 --> 00:24:05,244 It's hard not to read into the timing. 571 00:24:05,277 --> 00:24:07,146 I don't know a thing about LAV60 572 00:24:07,179 --> 00:24:09,782 or how it wound up administered to Emily Miller. 573 00:24:09,816 --> 00:24:11,884 But something about her death bothers you. 574 00:24:11,918 --> 00:24:12,885 Or why leave? 575 00:24:12,919 --> 00:24:14,921 Dr. Copelan agonizes over watching these children 576 00:24:14,954 --> 00:24:18,090 waste away and die. 577 00:24:18,124 --> 00:24:22,895 But recently he's become progressively more... 578 00:24:22,929 --> 00:24:23,996 obsessed. 579 00:24:24,030 --> 00:24:26,633 How so? 580 00:24:26,666 --> 00:24:28,100 He works all hours of the night. 581 00:24:28,134 --> 00:24:29,602 If there's any hint of a breakthrough 582 00:24:29,636 --> 00:24:31,738 anywhere in the world, he's on the first plane out. 583 00:24:31,771 --> 00:24:35,708 Do you think his obsession made him overreach? 584 00:24:44,283 --> 00:24:46,586 The charts are all in order. 585 00:24:46,619 --> 00:24:49,055 But these children, 586 00:24:49,088 --> 00:24:51,958 their deaths were similar to Emily Miller's. 587 00:24:51,991 --> 00:24:55,695 And Dr. Copelan signed each death certificate... 588 00:24:55,728 --> 00:24:58,831 as AIDS. 589 00:24:58,865 --> 00:25:00,800 Four children, all under the age of ten. 590 00:25:00,833 --> 00:25:01,801 Where were they buried? 591 00:25:01,834 --> 00:25:04,637 Cemeteries around the city in donated plots. 592 00:25:04,671 --> 00:25:06,005 Can we locate the parents? 593 00:25:06,038 --> 00:25:08,074 They were orphans or wards of the state. 594 00:25:08,107 --> 00:25:10,610 Perfect fodder for experimentation. 595 00:25:10,643 --> 00:25:13,880 No one I spoke to makes him Dr. Frankenstein. 596 00:25:13,913 --> 00:25:15,882 Of course, he gave up a successful general practice 597 00:25:15,915 --> 00:25:17,116 to pursue research. 598 00:25:17,149 --> 00:25:18,284 We won't know what he is 599 00:25:18,317 --> 00:25:21,087 till we see what these kids really died of. 600 00:25:21,120 --> 00:25:23,856 Get an order to exhume. 601 00:25:26,659 --> 00:25:28,127 (Rodgers) Two of the children had tissue decomp 602 00:25:28,160 --> 00:25:30,262 too advanced for testing. 603 00:25:30,296 --> 00:25:33,032 But in these two, no question. 604 00:25:33,065 --> 00:25:35,034 The cause of death is similar to Emily Miller. 605 00:25:35,067 --> 00:25:36,703 LAV60? 606 00:25:36,736 --> 00:25:39,171 There's no sign of that drug or elevated white cells 607 00:25:39,205 --> 00:25:41,207 to indicate allergic reactions, 608 00:25:41,240 --> 00:25:44,744 but organ failure, anemia... 609 00:25:44,777 --> 00:25:47,113 From the same drug cocktail? 610 00:25:47,146 --> 00:25:49,548 Completely different in each. 611 00:25:51,150 --> 00:25:53,686 Cameron Gonzales' toxicology 612 00:25:53,720 --> 00:25:58,257 revealed six medications to treat suppressed immunity. 613 00:25:58,290 --> 00:26:01,227 Curtis Redmond had five. 614 00:26:01,260 --> 00:26:02,795 Both cocktails were the cause of death, 615 00:26:02,829 --> 00:26:05,932 but each child has a different cocktail. 616 00:26:05,965 --> 00:26:07,867 Different across the board? 617 00:26:07,900 --> 00:26:09,168 Two drugs overlap. 618 00:26:09,201 --> 00:26:10,937 Past that, they were given different meds. 619 00:26:10,970 --> 00:26:14,273 So Dr. Copelan was mixing and matching the drugs. 620 00:26:14,306 --> 00:26:17,076 To see which worked better. 621 00:26:17,109 --> 00:26:20,246 Both combinations were lethal. 622 00:26:22,949 --> 00:26:25,785 Cameron Gonzales and Curtis Redmond were sick kids. 623 00:26:25,818 --> 00:26:28,220 I was trying to stave off their death. 624 00:26:28,254 --> 00:26:31,257 With a lethal combination of drugs? 625 00:26:31,290 --> 00:26:34,627 One child could be argued as an accident, but three now? 626 00:26:34,661 --> 00:26:36,295 This is making me sick to my stomach. 627 00:26:36,328 --> 00:26:37,664 Mine too. 628 00:26:37,697 --> 00:26:39,031 These children have a fatal disease. 629 00:26:39,065 --> 00:26:41,367 You can't blame my client for the inevitable conclusion. 630 00:26:41,400 --> 00:26:45,104 A conclusion he hastened with lethal experimentation. 631 00:26:45,137 --> 00:26:48,941 How do you explain the presence of LAV60 vaccine 632 00:26:48,975 --> 00:26:51,010 in Emily Miller's system? 633 00:26:51,043 --> 00:26:53,245 She had a fanatical stepmother we had charged with abuse. 634 00:26:53,279 --> 00:26:55,047 Her brother shot himself in the head. 635 00:26:55,081 --> 00:26:57,717 Both of them were in her room within a day of her death. 636 00:26:57,750 --> 00:27:00,853 One of them administered an experimental AIDS vaccine? 637 00:27:00,887 --> 00:27:02,989 No sale, Doctor. 638 00:27:03,022 --> 00:27:07,193 Prison? That's what you think is appropriate? 639 00:27:07,226 --> 00:27:09,796 Yes. For working to cure AIDS? 640 00:27:09,829 --> 00:27:12,398 And not just in the U.S. 641 00:27:12,431 --> 00:27:15,267 Our phase three trials will bring anti-viral regimens 642 00:27:15,301 --> 00:27:19,038 to 80,000 HIV-infected kids in Nigeria alone. 643 00:27:19,071 --> 00:27:21,273 Some of whom don't even have running water. 644 00:27:21,307 --> 00:27:23,409 Man two. Community service at your discretion. 645 00:27:23,442 --> 00:27:24,877 Even without LAV60, 646 00:27:24,911 --> 00:27:27,980 three kids outside Institute of Health protocols 647 00:27:28,014 --> 00:27:30,249 is depraved indifference. 648 00:27:30,282 --> 00:27:33,419 Experimenting on foster children and orphans 649 00:27:33,452 --> 00:27:35,321 without oversight? 650 00:27:35,354 --> 00:27:37,056 You want that in front of a jury? 651 00:27:37,089 --> 00:27:40,292 You'll go to trial with just Emily Miller, Mr. McCoy. 652 00:27:40,326 --> 00:27:42,995 No way those other deaths will make it into evidence. 653 00:27:43,029 --> 00:27:45,732 We'll see. 654 00:27:54,741 --> 00:27:56,709 (Hogenbaum) This evidence has no probative value 655 00:27:56,743 --> 00:28:00,479 except to paint my client as some mad scientist 656 00:28:00,512 --> 00:28:01,914 experimenting on foster children. 657 00:28:01,948 --> 00:28:03,215 The two additional victims 658 00:28:03,249 --> 00:28:05,451 refute any claim that Emily Miller's death 659 00:28:05,484 --> 00:28:06,919 was accidental. 660 00:28:06,953 --> 00:28:09,756 The pattern of conduct supports our theory 661 00:28:09,789 --> 00:28:11,157 of depraved indifference murder. 662 00:28:11,190 --> 00:28:13,059 If there's a pattern here, I'd like to see it. 663 00:28:13,092 --> 00:28:15,461 So would I. Mr. McCoy? 664 00:28:15,494 --> 00:28:16,428 Each additional child 665 00:28:16,462 --> 00:28:20,833 displayed the same symptoms of organ failure, 666 00:28:20,867 --> 00:28:22,802 the same progress of disease. 667 00:28:22,835 --> 00:28:24,771 But not the same cause of death. 668 00:28:24,804 --> 00:28:27,173 The exact same cause of death: 669 00:28:27,206 --> 00:28:30,142 overdosage of AIDS-suppressing medications. 670 00:28:30,176 --> 00:28:32,344 Emily Miller, Cameron Gonzales, and Curtis Redmond 671 00:28:32,378 --> 00:28:34,947 each died with five or more medications in their system. 672 00:28:34,981 --> 00:28:38,384 Yet in only two instances was there any overlap 673 00:28:38,417 --> 00:28:39,385 in the specific drugs. 674 00:28:39,418 --> 00:28:42,154 What they were overdosed with is immaterial. 675 00:28:42,188 --> 00:28:43,189 They were overdosed. 676 00:28:43,222 --> 00:28:44,991 These are different children whose viral loads 677 00:28:45,024 --> 00:28:47,193 would flare at different times in different ways, 678 00:28:47,226 --> 00:28:49,929 requiring different combination of medications. 679 00:28:49,962 --> 00:28:51,430 There's nothing similar about them. 680 00:28:51,463 --> 00:28:53,299 Except they had the same general diagnosis, 681 00:28:53,332 --> 00:28:55,001 were in the same treatment program, 682 00:28:55,034 --> 00:28:56,302 with the same physician. 683 00:28:56,335 --> 00:29:00,106 They're coincidental only in that they all died. 684 00:29:00,139 --> 00:29:02,374 But it's a clinical trial to develop an effective 685 00:29:02,408 --> 00:29:04,510 pediatric AIDS cocktail, Your Honor. 686 00:29:04,543 --> 00:29:07,513 And, unfortunately, in this field children die. 687 00:29:07,546 --> 00:29:11,818 These are three AIDS patients who didn't die of AIDS. 688 00:29:13,285 --> 00:29:16,388 If the autopsy results had more similarities 689 00:29:16,422 --> 00:29:20,326 or a greater degree of crossover of the various drugs... 690 00:29:20,359 --> 00:29:23,262 But as it stands, it doesn't pass the balancing test. 691 00:29:23,295 --> 00:29:24,897 The deaths are out. 692 00:29:31,370 --> 00:29:33,405 The defense made Copelan a saintly shepherd 693 00:29:33,439 --> 00:29:35,241 ministering to dying lambs. 694 00:29:35,274 --> 00:29:38,244 I was looking for a connection between Dr. Copelan and LAV60, 695 00:29:38,277 --> 00:29:40,346 and I found an AIDS clinic in Costa Rica 696 00:29:40,379 --> 00:29:42,181 where they say he was a patient. 697 00:29:42,214 --> 00:29:45,084 He might have been experimenting to find a cure for himself. 698 00:29:45,117 --> 00:29:47,319 Dr. Copelan has AIDS. 699 00:29:50,456 --> 00:29:52,058 What's his status? 700 00:29:52,091 --> 00:29:53,893 They said he's a patient in the AIDS clinic. 701 00:29:53,926 --> 00:29:56,028 They won't say more. 702 00:29:56,062 --> 00:29:59,265 Is this clinic the same place they're testing this LAV60? 703 00:29:59,298 --> 00:30:02,134 That's a pharmaceutical lab about 50 miles south. 704 00:30:02,168 --> 00:30:03,335 They're not associated. 705 00:30:03,369 --> 00:30:04,603 (McCoy) Still, awfully close quarters. 706 00:30:04,636 --> 00:30:06,438 I don't think that'll cut it with a jury. 707 00:30:06,472 --> 00:30:08,074 He overdosed three kids. 708 00:30:08,107 --> 00:30:10,209 Well, all you can produce is one. 709 00:30:10,242 --> 00:30:11,343 His disease is further motive 710 00:30:11,377 --> 00:30:12,578 for depraved indifference murder. 711 00:30:12,611 --> 00:30:17,349 How common is it for an AIDS clinician to have the disease? 712 00:30:17,383 --> 00:30:20,519 It's why some people go into the field. 713 00:30:20,552 --> 00:30:22,054 But most people in the field 714 00:30:22,088 --> 00:30:24,390 don't have a trail of bodies in their wake. 715 00:30:24,423 --> 00:30:26,325 Jack, how do you counter the notion 716 00:30:26,358 --> 00:30:28,260 that this is a guy trying to save lives? 717 00:30:28,294 --> 00:30:30,129 One of them being his own. 718 00:30:30,162 --> 00:30:32,198 It negates any argument for experimenting 719 00:30:32,231 --> 00:30:34,466 on unwitting subjects. 720 00:30:34,500 --> 00:30:36,135 It's still a last-ditch effort 721 00:30:36,168 --> 00:30:37,937 to keep them out of their graves. 722 00:30:37,970 --> 00:30:39,205 You're gonna have family members 723 00:30:39,238 --> 00:30:40,940 give consent every day 724 00:30:40,973 --> 00:30:43,943 in every cancer ICU in the nation. 725 00:30:43,976 --> 00:30:46,112 Sometimes just to further science. 726 00:30:46,145 --> 00:30:48,080 But where was the science here? 727 00:30:48,114 --> 00:30:50,416 What was the hypothesis being tested? 728 00:30:50,449 --> 00:30:52,584 Where were the monitored protocols? 729 00:30:52,618 --> 00:30:55,387 The word for willy-nilly self-serving experimentation 730 00:30:55,421 --> 00:30:56,923 isn't science. 731 00:30:56,956 --> 00:30:58,157 It's desperation. 732 00:30:58,190 --> 00:30:59,959 Is the clinic in Costa Rica 733 00:30:59,992 --> 00:31:02,394 going to provide the doctor's medical files? 734 00:31:02,428 --> 00:31:04,130 It'll take some work with the Justice Department, 735 00:31:04,163 --> 00:31:05,131 but it's possible. 736 00:31:05,164 --> 00:31:06,999 Well, you may get the records, 737 00:31:07,033 --> 00:31:08,334 but you're gonna have to fight like hell 738 00:31:08,367 --> 00:31:10,536 to get them into your case in chief. 739 00:31:12,004 --> 00:31:14,206 New York public health laws prohibit disclosure 740 00:31:14,240 --> 00:31:16,943 of confidential HIV-related information. 741 00:31:16,976 --> 00:31:19,178 One exception is a compelling need to disclose 742 00:31:19,211 --> 00:31:20,512 during a criminal proceeding. 743 00:31:20,546 --> 00:31:23,315 The exception was intended for medical urgency 744 00:31:23,349 --> 00:31:25,351 so a rape victim could seek treatment 745 00:31:25,384 --> 00:31:26,986 if her attacker had the disease. 746 00:31:27,019 --> 00:31:28,988 Dr. Copelan was over-medicating children 747 00:31:29,021 --> 00:31:31,190 in an attempt to cure his own illness, 748 00:31:31,223 --> 00:31:32,624 it proves his depravity. 749 00:31:32,658 --> 00:31:34,393 That's not medical urgency. 750 00:31:34,426 --> 00:31:36,562 The only way these records are compelling to the prosecution 751 00:31:36,595 --> 00:31:39,265 is as a means to prejudice the jury against my client. 752 00:31:39,298 --> 00:31:40,666 Firsthand knowledge of treatment 753 00:31:40,699 --> 00:31:43,269 argues compellingly against unintentional 754 00:31:43,302 --> 00:31:46,038 or accidental overdosing. 755 00:31:46,072 --> 00:31:48,440 His status undercuts his defense. 756 00:31:48,474 --> 00:31:49,241 That's not what the legislature had in mind 757 00:31:49,275 --> 00:31:50,576 when they included the exception. 758 00:31:50,609 --> 00:31:52,311 Your Honor, the prejudice held against 759 00:31:52,344 --> 00:31:54,180 a person afflicted with AIDS, 760 00:31:54,213 --> 00:31:56,949 it doesn't carry the stigma it did when the law was enacted. 761 00:31:56,983 --> 00:31:59,218 The law's been revised many times since, 762 00:31:59,251 --> 00:32:01,620 and the privacy aspects remain the same. 763 00:32:01,653 --> 00:32:03,355 It's not coming in. 764 00:32:03,389 --> 00:32:06,458 All we've got is Dr. Copelan giving Emily Miller five drugs 765 00:32:06,492 --> 00:32:08,627 when the protocol was three. 766 00:32:08,660 --> 00:32:11,697 You think we can convince a jury that's murder? 767 00:32:11,730 --> 00:32:14,200 Yes. 768 00:32:17,069 --> 00:32:19,471 How long did you keep Emily off Dr. Copelan's 769 00:32:19,505 --> 00:32:21,373 AIDS treatment regimen? 770 00:32:21,407 --> 00:32:23,409 Close to four weeks. 771 00:32:23,442 --> 00:32:25,344 What was the result? 772 00:32:25,377 --> 00:32:27,046 A vast improvement. 773 00:32:27,079 --> 00:32:28,680 She stopped throwing up. 774 00:32:28,714 --> 00:32:32,118 She could walk without using a cane. 775 00:32:32,151 --> 00:32:34,486 She even began smiling. 776 00:32:34,520 --> 00:32:37,356 What happened when you told Dr. Copelan? He yelled at me. 777 00:32:37,389 --> 00:32:41,127 He said Emily needed to be on her meds. 778 00:32:41,160 --> 00:32:43,529 End of story. Did you question his logic? 779 00:32:43,562 --> 00:32:45,197 Absolutely. 780 00:32:45,231 --> 00:32:47,199 That's when he called in Child Services 781 00:32:47,233 --> 00:32:49,768 to take Emily away. 782 00:32:49,801 --> 00:32:52,404 (McCoy) No further questions, Your Honor. 783 00:32:53,772 --> 00:32:56,742 Where did you attend medical school, Ms. Henson? 784 00:32:56,775 --> 00:33:00,712 I never went to medical school. 785 00:33:02,481 --> 00:33:04,516 Then on what basis did you stop administering 786 00:33:04,550 --> 00:33:06,218 Emily's drug regimen? 787 00:33:06,252 --> 00:33:08,154 She was getting sicker. 788 00:33:08,187 --> 00:33:10,456 A mother knows. Even a foster. 789 00:33:10,489 --> 00:33:13,359 Can you tell me what Mumbala Kahn is? 790 00:33:13,392 --> 00:33:16,362 It's a healing root. 791 00:33:16,395 --> 00:33:18,130 Is it true that you took Emily off Dr. Copelan's regimen 792 00:33:18,164 --> 00:33:20,232 in favor of putting her on Mumbala Kahn? 793 00:33:20,266 --> 00:33:22,468 No. Once Emily was off the regimen, 794 00:33:22,501 --> 00:33:25,304 I wanted to find a less painful way 795 00:33:25,337 --> 00:33:26,805 of boosting her immune system. 796 00:33:26,838 --> 00:33:30,242 By administering an unproven herbal remedy 797 00:33:30,276 --> 00:33:31,343 that doesn't have FDA approval? 798 00:33:31,377 --> 00:33:34,213 I was trying to improve her health. 799 00:33:34,246 --> 00:33:35,081 But isn't it true, 800 00:33:35,114 --> 00:33:37,183 the day she was taken from your care, 801 00:33:37,216 --> 00:33:40,486 a CD4 count measured Emily's T-Cells 802 00:33:40,519 --> 00:33:43,455 at their lowest level in a year? 803 00:33:45,691 --> 00:33:48,794 Yes. I was told that. 804 00:33:48,827 --> 00:33:51,130 A situation from which Emily never recovered, correct? 805 00:33:51,163 --> 00:33:53,299 You can't say that I killed Emily. 806 00:33:53,332 --> 00:33:55,634 I did everything I could to help her. 807 00:33:55,667 --> 00:33:58,137 His regimen was making her miserable. 808 00:33:58,170 --> 00:34:00,172 (Hogenbaum) Knowing what you do now, 809 00:34:00,206 --> 00:34:01,273 do you think if you kept her on it, 810 00:34:01,307 --> 00:34:02,108 Emily might be here today? 811 00:34:02,141 --> 00:34:05,277 Objection! Ms. Henson is not a doctor! 812 00:34:05,311 --> 00:34:06,612 Nothing further. 813 00:34:10,649 --> 00:34:13,585 As the chairman of Infectious Diseases at East End Hospital, 814 00:34:13,619 --> 00:34:19,558 I have overseen 3,400 AIDS cases in the last 15 years. 815 00:34:19,591 --> 00:34:22,361 Dr. Roth, are you familiar with the drugs Calidrone, 816 00:34:22,394 --> 00:34:27,766 Nofolox, Thadnium, Drexenall, and DZB? 817 00:34:27,799 --> 00:34:29,535 Any three of these can comprise 818 00:34:29,568 --> 00:34:31,437 what's commonly called an AIDS cocktail. 819 00:34:31,470 --> 00:34:34,373 Why is there a limit of only three? 820 00:34:34,406 --> 00:34:37,143 Well, each drug has the potential 821 00:34:37,176 --> 00:34:40,179 to cause life-threatening side effects. 822 00:34:40,212 --> 00:34:42,448 Was Emily Miller a candidate for these five drugs? 823 00:34:42,481 --> 00:34:45,617 No one is. 824 00:34:45,651 --> 00:34:47,453 (McCoy) No further questions, Your Honor. 825 00:34:47,486 --> 00:34:48,720 Isn't it true that the five drugs 826 00:34:48,754 --> 00:34:50,322 given to Emily by Dr. Copelan 827 00:34:50,356 --> 00:34:52,324 are proven life-sustaining medications 828 00:34:52,358 --> 00:34:54,126 for AIDS patients? 829 00:34:54,160 --> 00:34:55,060 (Roth) Yes. 830 00:34:55,093 --> 00:34:56,595 Are there any other available treatments 831 00:34:56,628 --> 00:34:58,164 that could have saved Emily Miller's life? 832 00:34:58,197 --> 00:35:00,866 Not to my knowledge. 833 00:35:00,899 --> 00:35:04,203 So, medically, these drugs were Emily Miller's last hope 834 00:35:04,236 --> 00:35:05,271 for survival. 835 00:35:05,304 --> 00:35:06,738 In limited combination 836 00:35:06,772 --> 00:35:08,607 as laid out by the Institute of Health. 837 00:35:08,640 --> 00:35:10,776 How can you be sure only a limited combination 838 00:35:10,809 --> 00:35:11,877 could prove effective? 839 00:35:11,910 --> 00:35:13,612 We can't even be sure of that. 840 00:35:13,645 --> 00:35:15,347 So regardless of the medications 841 00:35:15,381 --> 00:35:16,648 given to Emily Miller, 842 00:35:16,682 --> 00:35:19,718 she would have eventually died of AIDS. 843 00:35:19,751 --> 00:35:23,322 All patients with AIDS eventually die of the disease. 844 00:35:23,355 --> 00:35:26,358 No further questions. 845 00:35:26,392 --> 00:35:28,260 But there is such a thing as mercy 846 00:35:28,294 --> 00:35:30,262 at the obvious end stages of life. 847 00:35:31,863 --> 00:35:33,699 You work with children, Doctor? 848 00:35:33,732 --> 00:35:35,367 I have. 849 00:35:35,401 --> 00:35:36,768 Have you worked with the elderly? 850 00:35:36,802 --> 00:35:38,370 Yes. 851 00:35:38,404 --> 00:35:39,171 Did you find a difference in how aggressively 852 00:35:39,205 --> 00:35:41,173 you treat a patient 90 years old 853 00:35:41,207 --> 00:35:42,474 at the end stages of a disease 854 00:35:42,508 --> 00:35:44,910 versus a child, say, under ten? 855 00:35:44,943 --> 00:35:48,180 Objection. Relevance. Withdrawn. 856 00:35:48,214 --> 00:35:49,381 I'm done. 857 00:35:49,415 --> 00:35:51,750 Unless Dr. Roth has something more to add. 858 00:36:00,992 --> 00:36:03,395 I just got off the phone with Davis Erlanger, 859 00:36:03,429 --> 00:36:05,364 the director of that vivisection lab 860 00:36:05,397 --> 00:36:07,333 that tests LAV60. 861 00:36:07,366 --> 00:36:09,268 He just discovered some of their supply missing. 862 00:36:09,301 --> 00:36:11,403 Before the trial he said he'd never heard of Copelan. 863 00:36:11,437 --> 00:36:12,671 Why's he calling now? 864 00:36:12,704 --> 00:36:15,207 Change his tune? 865 00:36:15,241 --> 00:36:16,875 (Erlanger) We just didn't notice a problem 866 00:36:16,908 --> 00:36:20,412 until a sudden spike in our canine mortality. 867 00:36:20,446 --> 00:36:23,282 Here. It's been diluted practically to water. 868 00:36:23,315 --> 00:36:24,916 How many other bottles were diluted? 869 00:36:24,950 --> 00:36:26,885 Eight so far. 870 00:36:26,918 --> 00:36:28,620 When I spoke to you before the trial, 871 00:36:28,654 --> 00:36:30,556 you said you never heard of Dr. Copelan. 872 00:36:30,589 --> 00:36:33,225 I was certain that he got his sample from Costa Rica, 873 00:36:33,259 --> 00:36:35,394 and I just didn't want to get our lab involved. 874 00:36:35,427 --> 00:36:36,495 How do you know him? 875 00:36:36,528 --> 00:36:38,297 He contacted me about six months ago 876 00:36:38,330 --> 00:36:39,331 for a sample of LAV60. 877 00:36:39,365 --> 00:36:40,866 For what purpose? 878 00:36:40,899 --> 00:36:42,968 He said he wanted to test it on himself. 879 00:36:43,001 --> 00:36:44,470 I said hell no. 880 00:36:44,503 --> 00:36:45,971 We'll subpoena you. 881 00:36:46,004 --> 00:36:48,674 You tell that lie on the stand, it's perjury. 882 00:36:48,707 --> 00:36:51,977 I am not lying. I didn't give it to him. 883 00:36:52,010 --> 00:36:54,780 I just didn't want to get our lab involved. 884 00:36:54,813 --> 00:36:56,448 Well, you are now. 885 00:36:56,482 --> 00:36:57,783 No one touches anything in this lab 886 00:36:57,816 --> 00:36:59,751 until a crime unit's been through. 887 00:37:02,288 --> 00:37:05,357 Dr. Copelan, we've heard police testimony 888 00:37:05,391 --> 00:37:07,926 that your fingerprint was found 889 00:37:07,959 --> 00:37:10,329 at a pharmaceutical testing laboratory 890 00:37:10,362 --> 00:37:13,365 on a medicine bottle containing a diluted dosage 891 00:37:13,399 --> 00:37:16,668 of the AIDS vaccine LAV60. 892 00:37:16,702 --> 00:37:18,504 How do you explain that? 893 00:37:18,537 --> 00:37:20,606 I was the one who stole the drug 894 00:37:20,639 --> 00:37:22,641 and replaced the contents with water. 895 00:37:22,674 --> 00:37:23,975 LAV60. Wasn't that drug found 896 00:37:24,009 --> 00:37:26,044 in Emily Miller's toxicology screen? 897 00:37:26,077 --> 00:37:29,715 Yes, it was, because I administered it to her. 898 00:37:29,748 --> 00:37:32,284 A potentially lethal experimental medication 899 00:37:32,318 --> 00:37:34,052 that hasn't been approved by the FDA? 900 00:37:34,085 --> 00:37:36,455 She was at the end stages of her AIDS. 901 00:37:36,488 --> 00:37:37,623 It was her last hope. 902 00:37:37,656 --> 00:37:41,827 Was she the only person you administered this drug? 903 00:37:41,860 --> 00:37:45,597 I also gave it to myself to treat my own disease. 904 00:37:45,631 --> 00:37:46,632 I have AIDS. 905 00:37:49,935 --> 00:37:51,870 How did you contract HIV? 906 00:37:51,903 --> 00:37:53,905 Four years ago, returning to my hotel 907 00:37:53,939 --> 00:37:56,775 after doing research in a small village 908 00:37:56,808 --> 00:37:59,077 in Imo State in Nigeria, 909 00:37:59,110 --> 00:38:02,881 our car blew a tire and flipped three times. 910 00:38:02,914 --> 00:38:05,517 I suffered a deep laceration to my left arm 911 00:38:05,551 --> 00:38:08,720 and required a transfusion. 912 00:38:08,754 --> 00:38:11,056 The hospital I was taken to didn't have means 913 00:38:11,089 --> 00:38:13,459 to properly test blood. 914 00:38:13,492 --> 00:38:17,529 The transfused blood was infected with HIV. 915 00:38:17,563 --> 00:38:19,931 And last year I developed full-blown AIDS. 916 00:38:19,965 --> 00:38:22,768 Do you think this has affected how you treat patients? 917 00:38:22,801 --> 00:38:26,505 I think I have even more compassion than I did before. 918 00:38:26,538 --> 00:38:29,708 What about your attitude towards AIDS research in general? 919 00:38:29,741 --> 00:38:33,679 I have a greater sense of dedication. 920 00:38:33,712 --> 00:38:35,781 Are you a fanatic, Doctor? 921 00:38:35,814 --> 00:38:37,683 Of course not. 922 00:38:37,716 --> 00:38:40,085 Do you regret your course of action with Emily Miller? 923 00:38:40,118 --> 00:38:44,790 I was trying to save her life. 924 00:38:44,823 --> 00:38:47,058 Unfortunately, I failed. 925 00:38:56,167 --> 00:38:59,438 A heart-wrenching story, Doctor. 926 00:39:00,972 --> 00:39:06,645 But doesn't it prove that you used Emily Miller 927 00:39:06,678 --> 00:39:10,682 as a guinea pig to test a dangerous treatment 928 00:39:10,716 --> 00:39:13,985 in the hope that it would be beneficial to you? 929 00:39:14,019 --> 00:39:15,487 Absolutely not. 930 00:39:15,521 --> 00:39:17,856 Why was she the only one to receive the drug? 931 00:39:17,889 --> 00:39:19,458 Had to do with the timing of her decline 932 00:39:19,491 --> 00:39:21,627 and when I acquired the drug. 933 00:39:21,660 --> 00:39:25,130 Using Emily Miller wasn't more deliberate? 934 00:39:25,163 --> 00:39:27,666 Isn't it true... 935 00:39:27,699 --> 00:39:30,469 that the mutation pattern of her virus 936 00:39:30,502 --> 00:39:33,739 is an exact mirror of yours? 937 00:39:33,772 --> 00:39:37,142 I don't know. 938 00:39:37,175 --> 00:39:39,511 Your T-Cell count from the onset of AIDS 939 00:39:39,545 --> 00:39:42,748 is the exact same as Emily Miller's, 940 00:39:42,781 --> 00:39:46,084 only staggered back one year. 941 00:39:46,117 --> 00:39:52,157 That suggests that your virus was mimicking hers. 942 00:39:52,190 --> 00:39:54,726 Doesn't it, Doctor? 943 00:39:54,760 --> 00:39:56,762 I see a coincidence. 944 00:39:59,731 --> 00:40:03,769 16 CD4-plus counts 945 00:40:03,802 --> 00:40:10,442 in evidence for both you and Emily Miller. 946 00:40:10,476 --> 00:40:13,512 If she scored a 316, 947 00:40:13,545 --> 00:40:16,682 a year later, so would you. 948 00:40:16,715 --> 00:40:18,717 If she scored 420, 949 00:40:18,750 --> 00:40:22,020 a year later, so would you. 950 00:40:24,623 --> 00:40:26,658 I guess there were similarities. 951 00:40:26,692 --> 00:40:30,095 Didn't that make her a perfect candidate 952 00:40:30,128 --> 00:40:32,664 to test out future drug treatments for yourself? 953 00:40:32,698 --> 00:40:34,933 She wasn't a lab rat. 954 00:40:34,966 --> 00:40:36,568 She was a patient in my care. 955 00:40:36,602 --> 00:40:40,506 (McCoy) Then why didn't you tell your colleagues 956 00:40:40,539 --> 00:40:41,907 about your treatment of your patient? 957 00:40:41,940 --> 00:40:43,542 Because they would have objected. 958 00:40:43,575 --> 00:40:45,844 I didn't want to sit back and watch her die. 959 00:40:45,877 --> 00:40:49,214 Did you experimentation on your patient 960 00:40:49,247 --> 00:40:51,049 yield any results? 961 00:40:54,553 --> 00:40:56,922 I'm afraid not. 962 00:40:56,955 --> 00:41:00,592 Did you record any data? Publish any findings? 963 00:41:03,995 --> 00:41:08,834 All I learned was that the drug was fatal to her, 964 00:41:08,867 --> 00:41:10,636 which I deeply regret. 965 00:41:10,669 --> 00:41:13,772 (McCoy) But apparently not fatal to you. 966 00:41:13,805 --> 00:41:15,774 So you must have learned something 967 00:41:15,807 --> 00:41:18,577 from experimenting on Emily Miller, 968 00:41:18,610 --> 00:41:20,211 or why administer it to yourself? 969 00:41:20,245 --> 00:41:23,048 How many people have you watched 970 00:41:23,081 --> 00:41:24,816 wither away and die, Mr. McCoy? 971 00:41:24,850 --> 00:41:27,553 You didn't want to suffer her fate 972 00:41:27,586 --> 00:41:30,589 so you pushed her treatment until it was lethal. 973 00:41:30,622 --> 00:41:32,558 Isn't that true, Doctor? 974 00:41:32,591 --> 00:41:35,961 How many nights have you sat by a dying child's bedside 975 00:41:35,994 --> 00:41:38,129 praying that a treatment might work? 976 00:41:38,163 --> 00:41:43,101 But for the child, Doctor, or for yourself? 977 00:41:43,134 --> 00:41:44,870 I did what I thought was right to save a young girl 978 00:41:44,903 --> 00:41:47,573 from a wasting hell. 979 00:41:47,606 --> 00:41:50,108 Did I hope it might help my chance of survival? 980 00:41:50,141 --> 00:41:53,011 Yes, I did. 981 00:41:53,044 --> 00:41:58,216 For Emily, for me, for thousands of others. 982 00:41:58,249 --> 00:42:02,654 Yes, Mr. McCoy, I admit that. 983 00:42:21,272 --> 00:42:23,709 In the matter of the People v. Andrew Copelan, 984 00:42:23,742 --> 00:42:27,012 in the count of murder in the second degree, 985 00:42:27,045 --> 00:42:28,914 how do you find? 986 00:42:28,947 --> 00:42:31,983 We find the defendant, Andrew Copelan, 987 00:42:32,017 --> 00:42:34,285 not guilty. 988 00:42:48,700 --> 00:42:51,036 They wouldn't convict a dying man. 989 00:42:51,069 --> 00:42:53,739 Maybe they'd figured if Emily had survived, 990 00:42:53,772 --> 00:42:57,042 Dr. Copelan would have won a Nobel Prize. 991 00:42:57,075 --> 00:42:59,210 Maybe they're right. 992 00:42:59,244 --> 00:43:01,146 Or they figured a vaccine 993 00:43:01,179 --> 00:43:02,914 that could save their own lives one day 994 00:43:02,948 --> 00:43:03,014 mattered more than a kid who was dying anyway.