RICHMOND — Lawyers for a former Army doctor convicted of murdering his pregnant wife and two daughters argued yesterday that new DNA evidence and a witness statement show he’s innocent of the grisly crime 40 years ago that spawned the book and television miniseries “Fatal Vision.’’
I hate putting them up, but:
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Jeffrey MacDonald’s lawyers told the federal appeals court that the evidence, including a federal marshal’s claim that a prosecutor in North Carolina threatened a key witness, support his assertion that four drug-crazed hippies killed his family.
Federal prosecutors argued that the appeals court cannot consider the DNA test results at this time, that the threat claim lacks merit, and that MacDonald is rehashing a lot of old evidence from previous unsuccessful appeals.
“At some point the litigation in this case must come to an end,’’ Justice Department lawyer John De Pue told a three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit....
Yeah, to HELL with the TRUTH, 'eh?
Yeah, ONLY if it is a FRAMED-UP PATSY in a "terror" trial does the case go on and on if they don't get a conviction, right?
MacDonald is serving three life terms at the federal penitentiary in Cumberland, Md., for the 1970 slayings of his wife, Colette, and daughters, Kimberley, 5, and Kristen, 2, at their Fort Bragg, N.C., home.
In 2006, the appeals court ruled that MacDonald could seek a new trial based on retired Deputy US Marshal Jim Britt’s statement that he heard prosecutor James Blackburn threaten witness Helena Stoeckley.
Just seeking justice.
Britt died in 2008, however, and Senior US District Judge James C. Fox rejected the bid for a new trial two weeks later.
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