53-year-old vera lawrence died as a result of industrial-grade silicone injections. the subsequent murder trial had quickly turned into a spectacle. one trial with two defendants and a separate jury for each. stories told by silicone-pumped, transgender men with exaggerated feminine figures. it was an unusual atmosphere but the prosecution seemed to have built a solid case. now it was the defense's turn. >> something smells rotten in denmark. everything is not as it appears. >> in the trial of mark hawkins and donnie hendrix, a lot of things weren't as they appeared. not the least of it, the defendants themselves. a couple for 15 years, both men. but one, donnie hendrix, living as a woman. >> she's not an individual who's gender confused. the way she's described it, she's always known she was just in the wrong physical form. >> hendrix' public defender decided to present his client as a woman.