A wilderness of error, the trials of Jeffrey MacDonald, Errol Morris
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A wilderness of error, the trials of Jeffrey MacDonald, Errol Morris
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eng
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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illustrations
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index present
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non fiction
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A wilderness of error
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bibliography
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760974114
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Errol Morris
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the trials of Jeffrey MacDonald
Summary
Academy Award-winning documentary filmmaker and former private detective Errol Morris examines the nature of evidence and proof in the infamous Jeffrey MacDonald murder case. In 1979 MacDonald was convicted of the brutal 1970 murder of his wife and two children, and remains in prison today. Since then a number of bestselling books, including Joe McGinniss's Fatal Vision, and a blockbuster television miniseries have attempted to solve and explain the MacDonald case. Here, Morris, who has been investigating the case for nearly two decades, reveals that almost everything we know about it is ultimately flawed, and an innocent man may be behind bars. In a reinvention of the true-crime thriller, Morris looks behind the haze of myth. Drawing on court transcripts, lab reports, and original interviews, he brings a complete forty-year history back to life and allows the reader to explore the case as a detective might by confronting the evidence as if for the first time.--From publisher description
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