health issues at a state psychiatric hospital. the prosecutor saying today the deputies killed 28-year-old irvo otieno using excessive force in yule fashion roughly a week ago. among the disturbing accusations allegedly caught on video, the seven deputies holding otieno down for 12 minutes, even as he's handcuffed. >> it's just cruel and a demonstration of power that is unlawful. i mean, it killed him. >> reporter: a preliminary cause of death -- asphyxiation. and the prosecutor says there is another video from before he was transported allegedly showing otieno being punched in the chest and pepper sprayed by three of the deputies. >> while he was in the cell alone, not posing a danger to anyone. >> reporter: the deputies are also accused of a coverup, with prosecutors claiming that they washed otieno's handcuffs and did not call the virginia state police to investigate for more than three hours after otieno died at the hospital. authorities say the henrico
sheriff's deputies brought otieno to the hospital on march 6th at 3:58 p.m. to admit him as a patient. state investigators were told he became combative during the admission process, but the prosecutor said today that there was no evidence of otieno being combative. if convicted, the officers face up to 40 years in prison. but the attorney for one of the officers said today, when all the evidence comes in, his client will be vindicated. david? >> our chief justice correspondent pierre thomas, thank you. tonight, to the issue of abortion, and all eyes on a texas judge and a decision coming that could effect women across this country on an abortion pill that the fda says has been used safely for more than 20 years in this country. abc's mireya villarreal in texas tonight. >> reporter: tonight, all eyes on a texas judge who's decision could pull a key abortion pill off the market, in a ruling that could affect millions of women nationwide. the fda's more than 20-year approval of the drug mifepristone, challenged by the alliance defending freedom, a