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>> agent deaver lied to this court and our jury not once or twice, but repeatedly. >> reporter: and with the peterson supporters holding their breath, the same judge who'd presided over the murder trial now laid out his thinking point by point, rhetorical questions -- >> is a new trial required for newly discovered evidence, due process violations, and for perjured testimony? >> reporter: and there it was. michael peterson's conviction was tossed out. his family was overwhelmed. >> i was weeping with joy and shock and could not believe that there was hope. >> i was like, "my dad's getting out....

>> having sex. >> reporter: the hookup never happened, but combine that with the other combustibles in the couple's life, the prosecution said, and you have all the ingredients for a fatal confrontation. >> it got out of control, and michael peterson snapped. and he was the only one who could have done it, according to the prosecution. >> reporter: further evidence that michael attacked kathleen ferociously, the prosecution stated, was as clear as the spray of blood up the staircase walls. >> the amount of blood, the positioning of the blood, the location of the blood, it was overwhelming. >> ...

>> reporter: a blood pattern expert analyzed the scene. when he completed his initial findings, police suspicions were confirmed. >> he told me that he felt strongly that, um, this was a homicide. >> can you tell us how this has been for you and your family? >> reporter: just a few days before christmas, michael peterson was charged with the murder of his wife. >> they had the grand jury, and, of course, i was indicted. and so, i turned myself in. >> reporter: as the officers booked michael into the county jail, the blended family formed a unified block of support. >> my mother would just be a...

>> reporter: a decade after he was arrested for killing his wife, kathleen, an older-looking michael peterson was back in a north carolina courtroom arguing for a retrial on the grounds that the state's crucial blood pattern expert had given false testimony against him. but as far as kathleen's sister, candace, was concerned, prison was where peterson deserved to rot. >> my sister's dead for eternity. oh, no, no, no. he murdered my sister. he took the prime of her. he needs to be held accountable for what he did. but his attorney, was just as determined to free his client from prison. over t...

Did he misrepresent himself to the jury? >> yes. after listening to due process violations, he decided he was entitled to a new trial. there it was. his conviction was tossed out. his family was overwhelmed. >> i was weeping with joy and shock and could not believe that there was hope. >> i was like, "my dad's getting out. we're gonna have our dad back." >> reporter: for the peterson children, now there was ly joy. >> lots of hugs. lots of happy, happy photographs. so we're all, like, jumping up into the air in a silly picture of just so -- so happy. twenty-four hours after the judge issued ...