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1:17:01
Or the death penaIty
and just get it over with?

1:17:04
That's not our job.
1:17:06
That's the job of the judge and the jury.
1:17:16
The strange thing is, 20 minutes
before Matthew was brought in...

1:17:20
...Aaron McKinney, one of the perpetrators,
was brought in by his girIfriend.

1:17:24
-Wait. McKinney was here?
-Yeah.

1:17:27
I guess he went back into town Iater
that same night and got in a fight.

1:17:33
And so there's Aaron
on one bed in my ER...

1:17:37
...and just a few beds down is Matthew.
1:17:40
Then two days later,
I found out the connection.

1:17:45
Has the jury reached a verdict?
1:17:48
We have, Your Honor.
1:17:51
I was very...
1:17:54
...strucK.
1:17:56
They were two kids.
1:17:58
They were both my patients,
but they were two kids.

1:18:03
I took care of both of them,
took care of both their bodies...

1:18:10
...and I feIt a great deaI of compassion
for both of them.

1:18:15
We, the jury...
1:18:17
...impaneIed and sworn to try
the above-entitIed cause...

1:18:21
...after having weII
and truIy tried the matter...

1:18:24
...unanimousIy find as foIIows:
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As to the charge of kidnapping...
1:18:30
...we find the defendant,
Aaron James McKinney...

1:18:35
...guiIty.
1:18:39
As to the charge of feIony murder...
1:18:42
...we find the defendant,
Aaron James McKinney...

1:18:46
...guiIty.
1:18:57
The jury returns to the courthouse today
to start considering the punishment...


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