in the case of michael cornett are whose emergency room psychiatrist called and said your patient is in the er in an overdose and yet stan li continue to prescribe. patients who were only a few times to see stan li with a bare-bones complaint of pain and sometimes months going between visit to stan li new were getting references from other doctors and he continued to prescribe so gradually he built a filtering process where even though there was tremendous universe of harm, over 1200 patients, we learned of 16 pickeds -- patients who died under his care or within a year of being contacted, we had to filter it down and brought it down to 20 patients, presented evidence to a grand jury. over a dozen men and women who came in and heard a case over six months, heard evidence and voted on 218 charges against doctor lee including two count of homicide. >> host: was there one moment when you really caught an incredible break in the case and things turn or conversely was there one or more moments when you thought, not going to happen. >> guest: it was every minute of every day. we felt we we

then subjecting themselves to cross-examination which i think in the case of one young woman, michael cornettis girlfriend really resulted in terrible pain because dr. li's defense attorney confronted her with the fact that her own physician had been prescribing her boyfriend in addition to dr. li a separate physician who treated her had been prescribing her boyfriend a staggering number of drugs and she collapsed because she became very angry in that moment. i think felt it had been unnecessary to call her to the stand. that had been a difficult decision. we all had a very hard time after that day but ultimately she said it had been important for her to do it and unanimously, the witnesses felt that they had made a difference and they really did. they faced lot they changed lives by telling the truth >> charlotte, it was a pleasure to see you in the courtroom and to see you as an attorney. i'm curious about the writer part of youridentity as well . it's your first book. and very well done. and you employed a very ambitious i think structure going back and forth in time. it might have been ea