>> it meant accepting a 23-year prison sentence. it also meant he could never file an appeal. >> 37 years of practice, it is the hardest decision that i've made to strongly recommend a client to take a plea for something he didn't do. >> but at least it wasn't life. he was sentenced at 20, would be free in his early 40's. >> the day i was standin' in front of the judge, acceptin' that alford plea, cryin', and just prayin' that one day, hopefully, the truth would come out that i wasn't there. >> the fugetts avoided the death penalty but they got what amounted to life without parole. and steve r...