justice system, there is no such defense as brainwashing. the legal version of that defense is called coercive persuasion. in other words, i as a defendant was forced to commit these crimes and therefore am not guilty. that was the defense that bailey and company put forward at patty's trial. >> we knew with high degree of certainty that brainwashing, or coercive persuasion, was going to be the main defense because it was the only other possible, possible explanation. >> the problem for bailey and the defense was that they had very few options for what to argue. they couldn't argue she wasn't in the bank. they couldn't argue this was mistaken identity. >> you're at a real disadvantage. there's been all this publicity about everything that patty had done. you have a steep ramp to climb as a defense attorney to try to unring that bell. >> there was no legal defense