Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20151213:07:34:00
In court, ted's lawyers didn't deny that he faked the attack and started the fire, but argued that he'd never meant to harm anyone. least of all edmond safra, whom he'd been desperately trying to impress. ted himself called the entire affair a terrible accident. in the end, the story that started out as an international whodunit concluded with a swift conviction, ten year for deadly arson. but that decisive ending was actually just the beginning. ted maher says today. for him, the conviction was the start of a long uphill struggle to clear his name. >> that's why i'm here before you today, to ...