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Really know what was going on. i couldn't believe it. they had this special room where they were dissecting bodies and taking the bones and the tissue from the bodies and i didn't know what they were doing with them. i knew they were giving them to processing companies for use in transplant, but i couldn't imagine whether it was something that could be done, couldn't be done. >> when i was first subpoenaed i was in shock. i was concerned that i was being subpoenaed. that day i called my lawyer. >> my name is mario galucci. i'm a criminal defense attorney and i represented michael mastromarino ...

Through my veins. i definitely did. but i also felt sorry for him. i really did, it's like you know what, people can do anything in life and that is what you chose to do. i don't understand that. >> the judge imposed sentence and he sentenced him from 18 to 54 years in jail. >> the sentence is a harsh, harsh sentence. >> oh, i think mastromarino's sentence was much lighter than mine. mine is life, at least he gets a chance to go up for parole. >> this entire enterprise, this entire affair was motivated by

>> what mastromarino did was to light a flame under my imagination that will never be stilled, and even though it has been years since this happened, and i try and put it out of my mind, when i do revisit it all i can think of, you know, he died at midnight. so it was dark and someone stole his body in the middle of the night. >> my father was skinned and they took 900 square inches of skin, every bone they could and mutilated him. mutilated him. that breaks my heart. to teach you about treating frequent heartburn. 'cause i know a thing or two about eatin'. if you're one of those folks who get...

Greed. pure and simple. mastromarino was motivated by greed because he made millions. his two assistants made a couple hundred thousand dollars a year. the funeral directors who sold the bodies to mastromarino for $1,000 each, no labor involved. just take the body, here's 1,000 bucks. there's greed and the publicly traded companies that bought this material from mastromarino with few questions asked and he sold it to hospitals and people in need of this transplant material, that was greed also. >> it was all about greed. this whole case was all about greed. i would say most of the cases we do ...

Documents. like i said, i made a lot of bad choices and just trusted the wrong person. if i could go back and listen to my instincts again, like i said, i know i wouldn't be here. i regret the day i met michael, and i regret doing everything that i've done to hurt other people, and the pain that i've caused my family. ♪ ♪ >> mastromarino changed his plea to guilty when i guess he realized there was nowhere for him to run. he realized that we had done our homework and we had him, so i think that's what pushed him, but he took us right up to the very end, literally, pretty much on the eve of...