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>> did you steal divert the fee away from the law firm? >> i did. >> how did you get in such a financial predicament that led you to steal money that wasn't yours? >> you know, i'm not quite sure how i let myself get where i got, but it came from -- you know, i battled addiction for so many years. i was spending so much money on pills. i got in a spot i couldn't -- >> what type of addiction are you referring to? >> my addiction is to opiate pain killers, specifically oxycodone, oxycontin. >> when did you first become dependent or addicted opiods? >> oxycodone or opiods in general?...

welcome back everyone to cnn this morning, it is almost 7:00 a.m. here in our atlanta studios in amara walker with blackwell coy wire, derek van dam, amara walker flanked by some really dapper looking then this morning you go clean up pretty well sometime it sometime sometimes a little hagari here are there for you a state of emergency is in effect in atlanta after water main breaks said, guys there's a water gushing into the streets, cutting off water for homes and businesses, even forcing some hospitals to evacuate patients. >> what the mayor is saying about the problem in californ...

Victim. these were victims that got hundreds of thousands of dollars and you stole it. you stole it. he's going to really focus in on that so show character right there. >> the addiction itself, the questions, the sympathy that he was trying to evoke from y jurors -- >> reporter: some jurors may relate to that because they have family and that addiction leads to lies and they say i know what he's talking about. i've seen it in my family and friends. they could have realization that maybe that did motivate him to do all the things, not the killing. >> diane, your expectation of what we'll see f...

Of the gentlemen living there, men of different ages, sharing their stories. a college student, one was an engineer, one was an attorney. but each of them sharing how their lives had completely been torn apart. and ruined because of this addiction. not only the addiction itself, but the lawyer was disbarred. college student was kicked out of school. some had -- almost every one of them had spent time this prison. so i was so impressed with them because of their strength and their resilience, but what they were doing was to lift the stigma and make the point exactly that you're making. this is ...