police hone in on a mild-mannered orderly named donald harvey. under questioning, he admits to poisoning powell by pouring cyanide into his feeding tube. harvey calls it a mercy killing. the patient reminded him of his father. attorney william whalen was appointed to defend harvey. whalen thought he was dealing with a single mercy killing. but rumors of other murders began to circulate. >> i went to the justice center and sat down with donald. and i said have you killed more than one person? and i fully expected him to say no. and he answered yes. i asked him to tell me how many people he killed. he said i can't. i got irritated with him and said i just told you, you have to be honest with me. and he said you don't understand. i can only estimate. i told him to, in his mind, pick a number that he knew it could not possibly go beyond. he said 70. we talked for 45 minutes more. and i could never tell you what we talked about. i mean, my mind, all i could see was a red neon sign blinking the number 70. >> whalen offered the prosecutor's office a deal