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But here's the breakdown. one is the guilty plea from kenneth stotin. four others pending indictment and seven in the early investigation part of the investigation. and he says -- here's the goal. the goal is for any drug dealer to think twice about selling drugs in his jurisdiction. >> that's better than i thought, actually. i thought it was going to be tougher for them. but the guilty pleas are just as good as a conviction in a courtroom, by my book. anyway, i want to bring in mel robins and danny cevallos into this conversation, as well. mel, this is sort of a fascinating concept, because s...

They did, they couldn't save him. >> reporter: what they did not know was that ocean county prosecutor, joseph coronado was already seeking justice for their son as well as any other death in their jurisdiction. using a 1980s law for drug induced death. >> if you're going to be a dealer and that heroin is going to kill somebody, we're going to take that death, we're going to take that overdose and treat it as a homicide. >> reporter: coronado kicked off the effort a year ago after his county suffered eight overdose deaths in a week. >> follow the pathology. >> reporter: he changed police proto...