Josh Mankiewicz

I wanted to get the jury's attention from the beginning. I said exactly, I'm not here to waste your time. Jason Chen is guilty of killing Jasmine Pace, but not to the degree the state is saying.

I wanted to get the jury's attention from the beginning. I said exactly, I'm not here to waste your time. Jason Chen is guilty of killing Jasmine Pace, but not to the degree the state is saying.

But then... Jasmine goes back into the kitchen to get another bottle. And there on the counter is Jason's cell phone. Ding, ding. Ding, ding. That familiar Tinder ding. Jasmine looked at his phone. Jason had no choice, his attorney argued. He acted in self-defense.

But then... Jasmine goes back into the kitchen to get another bottle. And there on the counter is Jason's cell phone. Ding, ding. Ding, ding. That familiar Tinder ding. Jasmine looked at his phone. Jason had no choice, his attorney argued. He acted in self-defense.

This is a voluntary manslaughter case.

This is a voluntary manslaughter case.

You said you would do anything to find your daughter?

You said you would do anything to find your daughter?

Let's talk Dateline.

Let's talk Dateline.

Something like that. Yeah. This was kind of a breaking news bit for us. And it's great when that kind of thing can happen, when we can go on the air at 9 o'clock on a Friday night and say, this happened today. That doesn't always happen that way. A lot of times we do stories that were adjudicated more than a couple of years before we went on the air.

Something like that. Yeah. This was kind of a breaking news bit for us. And it's great when that kind of thing can happen, when we can go on the air at 9 o'clock on a Friday night and say, this happened today. That doesn't always happen that way. A lot of times we do stories that were adjudicated more than a couple of years before we went on the air.

But when we're covering a trial right down to the minute, it's great to be able to say, this is the latest news on this, the actual verdict.

But when we're covering a trial right down to the minute, it's great to be able to say, this is the latest news on this, the actual verdict.

No, no. I mean, Chet Najoshi, Jessica DeVera, Michelle Madigan. The producers who worked on this, Allison Orr, the senior producer, like these are the people whose names you don't know at Dateline. The people you don't see on TV are the big stars here. And as a result of the incredible organization of this team, we were completely ready to

No, no. I mean, Chet Najoshi, Jessica DeVera, Michelle Madigan. The producers who worked on this, Allison Orr, the senior producer, like these are the people whose names you don't know at Dateline. The people you don't see on TV are the big stars here. And as a result of the incredible organization of this team, we were completely ready to

No, I mean, I think nobody did. You know, I have friends who live in. lived in that part of Woodland Hills. And they knew the Sementilli family, not very well, but they knew them. Both my friends described life over there as extremely happy.

No, I mean, I think nobody did. You know, I have friends who live in. lived in that part of Woodland Hills. And they knew the Sementilli family, not very well, but they knew them. Both my friends described life over there as extremely happy.

It was a house that seemed to be full of love, not full of anger, not full of distrust, which is why nobody, certainly nobody at first thought that Monica could have had anything to do with this because she seemed happy. He seemed happy. Nobody detected this.

It was a house that seemed to be full of love, not full of anger, not full of distrust, which is why nobody, certainly nobody at first thought that Monica could have had anything to do with this because she seemed happy. He seemed happy. Nobody detected this.