It's March 25th, 2005, and Terry Shibow is on her eighth day with no food or water.

At the Florida State Capitol in Tallahassee, the press room is packed.

Governor Jeb Bush has called a press conference.

An attorney, Rocky Rodriguez, is about to be thrust into the harsh glare of the media

spotlight. There must have been easily 20, 30 reporters, if I recall, both print and media.

That's Rodriguez. Her name is Raquel, but she goes by Rocky. Rodriguez is Bush's chief

counsel.

The governor says come down to the press room,

and so it was on the first floor of the Capitol,

we call Plaza Level, off the hallway outside

of the governor's office suite.

Governor Bush got involved in the Shibow case in 2003.

He filed a friend of the court brief supporting the Schindler's.

Now a week into Terry's slow motion dehydration, he's looking for a last-ditch plan to save

her.

Rodriguez has been researching the Florida statutes.

At the press conference, she stands behind the governor holding copies of those laws.

The governor made a statement and he responded to some questions, and I think there was a direct

question to him. He said, well, what can you do? And then he said, well, I'm going to let my

counsel answer that.

Rodriguez has never spoken at a press conference before, and she wasn't prepared to speak at this one.

For her, it was...

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