Original sentence: His contention since the day of the murders (notwithstanding the confession, which he asserts was false and coerced by the lead detective in the case) is that his parents were ordered murdered by his father's business partner, Jerry Steuerman, who owed Marty's father several hundred thousand dollars, was the last guest to leave the Tankleff home the night of the murders, and who, while Marty's father was in a coma, changed his appearance, faked his death and fled to California
Edited sentence: His contention since the day of the murders (notwithstanding the "confession," which he asserts was false and coerced by the lead detective in the case) is that his parents were ordered murdered by his father's business partner, Jerry Steuerman, who owed Marty's father several hundred thousand dollars, was the last guest to leave the Tankleff home the night of the murders, and who, while Marty's father was in a coma, changed his appearance, faked his death and fled to California