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But this is the reality of the situation. in 2015, these are the numbers that are so alarming. the five states with the heist rates of death due to drug overdose were west virginia, 41 out of 100,000 deaths. in your state, new hampshire, the second biggest number, 34 plus out of 100,000 deaths. how do you plan very specifically to address this problem and solve this crisis? >> well, again, you know, we've done a couple thins. first we doubled what we call our alcohol fund. that's money that goes to recovery. we're not dealing with this drug crisis like they were dealing with it five, ten years...

The legal arguments would be based squarely on nathan's mental health. >> they proceeded to file over a period of years his motion for post-conviction relief, alleging that the trial attorney was ineffective, and so, therefore, he didn't receive a fair trial. >> if granted post-conviction relief, nathan's sentence could be converted to life in prison. and his appeals would bring up a critical question that have long surrounded the death penalty. how mentally ill does a convict need to be to avoid being executed? >> there's just no competent, credible doctors that will tell you that his evil co...

The product of being in a manic state. that his conduct was somehow altered by being bipolar or suffering from any other mental illness. >> the idea that nathan could escape death due to mental illness enraged the victims' families and the sole survivor. >> in my head, he had to be crazy. i mean, how else would a sane person walk into a child pizzeria and shoot five people? he selfishly took the lives of four other people, and i'm a strong believer in an eye for an eye. >> the fact that the death penalty was ordered, that was right. that was the thing to do. as far as life in prison, nathan du...

Unfortunately, we did have one person die, three others injured. one critical. >> terrible situation. being so rural, i imagine it's tough to get some of those folks help. >> absolutely. especially when you have trees down. you have power lines down. you can see we are on a dirt road. we had to travel on a dirt road for probably five or six miles just to get to this location. it's very hard to get to. of course cisco has sirens. they didn't go off because where the tornado was was south of the city. people in these country areas, they just have to rely on their knowledge. they have to be smart...

And his appeals would bring up a critical question that have long surrounded the death penalty. how mentally ill does a convict need to be to avoid being executed? >> there's just no competent, credible doctors that will tell you that his evil conduct was the product of being in a manic state. that his conduct was somehow altered by being bipolar or suffering from any other mental illness. >> the idea that nathan could escape death due to mental illness enraged the victims' families and the sole survivor. >> in my head, he had to be crazy. i mean, how else would a sane person walk into a child...