face-first off the cliff. i wasn t thinking of where we were, gram told the judge, it was a reckless act, i just pushed. gram says she left her husband dead at the bottom of the sheer cliff without telling anyone because i was so scared. in your opening statement, you said this was a young girl who made poor choices. do you still hold that belief? i do. reporter: gram s attorney says he still believes in his young defendant, that she made a series of mistakes and just dug herself in deeper by trying to cover it up, lying to friends and police saying her husband was missing when she knew he was dead. for us, i think it s been emotional from the drop of the gavel. reporter: an emotional final day in court as they watch the couple s first dance in the wedding. the happy smiles here drew sobs from johnson s mother, prosecutors believe johnson s death was premeditated and gram plotted to kill her.
that s their decision. the judge demanded to the hear what happened. she said it was a reckless act. i pushed. she and husband cody argued about their eight-day marriage. she climbed over a wall. he grabbed her arm and pulled away. she could have walked away but put one hand on his back, another on his shoulder and pushed him over the edge of a 200-foot-high cliff in glacier national park. i had no regard to location or what would happen. i just pushed. why did she flee? graham said she was afraid in that moment. i was scared. i didn t know what to do. so she left. over the next few days she told lies. first she said she wasn t at the park when police photos showed she was. she said he was with frinds when he was dead. she created a false identity online to throw off police. she texted a friend about her enl ji dance moves.
the doctor, is he evil? yeah, he s evil. he came in, took jackson s money. couldn t care less really what it was. did this. shouldn t have done it. no doctor, decent doctor would have done that. guy was in it for the money. was it a wreckless act by a doctor? bill: yes, absolutely. it was a wreckless act by the doctor and the patient. one to provide him with the propothol, and continue to do it. bill: syracuse university, another penn state-like situation. former basketball coach has not been charged yet. right. bill: but three people have come forward and say he s a child molester. what i m interested here is, the exposure that the university, penn state and syracuse, big operations, to lawsuits against them for employing people who do this. employing people that do this and also if they know about it or should have known about it, not doing anything about it. syracuse is a private university, so they re not bill: so they have big-time
the doctor, is he evil? yeah, he s evil. he came in, took jackson s money. couldn t care less really what it was. did this. shouldn t have done it. no doctor, decent doctor would have done that. guy was in it for the money. was it a wreckless act by a doctor? bill: yes, absolutely. it was a wreckless act by the doctor and the patient. one to provide him with the propothol, and continue to do it. bill: syracuse university, another penn state-like situation. former basketball coach has not been charged yet. right. bill: but three people have come forward and say he s a child molester. what i m interested here is, the exposure that the university, penn state and syracuse, big operations, to lawsuits against them for employing people who do this. employing people that do this and also if they know about it or should have known about it, not doing anything about it. syracuse is a private university, so they re not bill: so they have big-time
the doctor, is he evil? yeah, he s evil. he came in, took jackson s money. couldn t care less really what it was. did this. shouldn t have done it. no doctor, decent doctor would have done that. guy was in it for the money. was it a wreckless act by a doctor? bill: yes, absolutely. it was a wreckless act by the doctor and the patient. one to provide him with the propothol, and continue to do it. bill: syracuse university, another penn state-like situation. former basketball coach has not been charged yet. right. bill: but three people have come forward and say he s a child molester. what i m interested here is, the exposure that the university, penn state and syracuse, big operations, to lawsuits against them for employing people who do this. employing people that do this and also if they know about it or should have known about it, not doing anything about it. syracuse is a private university, so they re not bill: so they have big-time