Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20180121:09:57:00
>> an alford plea is when you don't admit guilt, but you acknowledge there is enough evidence there that a jury could convict you. in the books, it goes down as a guilty plea. >> reporter: this past february, 73-year-old michael peterson arrived at the durham county courthouse for what would be the final chapter of this saga. he was there to take an alford plea -- pleading guilty to voluntary manslaughter. kathleen's daughter caitlin came to durham to see it happen. >> reporter: and of course kathleen's sister candace was there. she ran into michael's chief defender outside the courthouse. >> ...