but that hardly mattered to his girls, margaret and martha. for them, the dark cloud that lay over the family name for nearly a decade had lifted. we re part of the peterson family. and we are not afraid to say it. we so were stigmatized before, you know, and, like, hiding it. reporter: still, the second trial loomed. but working in michael s favor was the fact that the prosecutor would have to try a very different much weaker case. duane deaver had been fired from his job and some of the state s critical blood evidence would be inadmissible. i think their case is very, very badly compromised because of deaver. he was all over the crime scene. reporter: and there was another important victory for peterson s side. what types of services did you perform? oh wow, that s that s pretty broad. reporter: brad, the male escort, a sensational centerpiece of the prosecution s case, wouldn t be part of a second trial either, a judge said. the escort had been revealed in a search
placed under house arrest. his every move monitored by an electronic ankle bracelet. but that hardly mattered to his girls, margaret and martha. for them, the dark cloud that lay over the family name for nearly a decade had lifted. we re part of the peterson family. and we are not afraid to say it. we so were stigmatized before, you know, and, like, hiding it. reporter: still, the second trial loomed. but working in michael s favor was the fact that the prosecutor would have to try a very different much weaker case. duane deaver had been fired from his job and some of the state s critical blood evidence would be inadmissible. i think their case is very, very badly compromised because of deaver. he was all over the crime scene. reporter: and there was another important victory for peterson s side. what types of services did you perform? oh wow, that s that s pretty broad. reporter: brad, the male escort, a sensational centerpiece of the prosecution s case, wouldn t be
for them, the dark cloud that lay over the family name for nearly a decade had lifted. we re part of the peterson family. and we are not afraid to say it. we so were stigmatized before, you know, and, like, hiding it. still, the second trial loomed. but working in michael s favor was the fact that the prosecutor would have to try a very different much weaker case. duane deaver had been fired from his job and some of the state s critical blood evidence would be inadmissible. i think their case is very, very badly compromised because of deaver. he was all over the crime scene. and there was another important victory for peterson s side. what types of services did you perform? oh wow, that s that s pretty broad. brad, the male escort, a sensational centerpiece of the prosecution s case, wouldn t be part of a second trial either, a judge said. the escort had been revealed in a search that was deemed illegal. the search warrant that resulted in the seizure of the compute
placed under house arrest. his every move monitored by an electronic ankle bracelet. but that hardly mattered to his girls, margaret and martha. for them, the dark cloud that lay over the family name for nearly a decade had lifted. we re part of the peterson family. and we are not afraid to say it. we so were stigmatized before, you know, and, like, hiding it. reporter: still, the second trial loomed. but working in michael s favor was the fact that the prosecutor would have to try a very different much weaker case. duane deaver had been fired from his job and some of the state s critical blood evidence would be inadmissible. i think their case is very, very badly compromised because of deaver. he was all over the crime scene. reporter: and there was another important victory for peterson s side. what types of services did you perform? oh wow, that s that s pretty broad. reporter: brad, the male escort, a sensational centerpiece of the prosecution s case, wouldn t be
electronic ankle bracelet. but that hardly mattered to his girls, margaret and martha. for them, the dark cloud that lay over the family name for nearly a decade had lifted. we re part of the peterson family. and we are not afraid to say it. we so were stigmatized before, you know, and, like, hiding it. reporter: still, the second trial loomed. but working in michael s favor was the fact that the prosecutor would have to try a very different much weaker case. duane deaver had been fired from his job and some of the state s critical blood evidence would be inadmissible. i think their case is very, very badly compromised because of deaver. he was all over the crime scene. reporter: and there was another important victory for peterson s side. what types of services did you perform? oh wow, that s that s pretty broad. reporter: brad, the male escort, a sensational centerpiece of the prosecution s case, wouldn t be part of a second trial either, a judge said. the escort ha