A wilderness of error : the trials of Jeffrey MacDonald /

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 th...

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Main Author: Morris, Errol
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Penguin Press, 2012.
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