Author

Publication

2012 - Penguin Press, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

131,000 words, Guess

Page Count

524 pages

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • Better World Books9781594203435
  • Open LibraryOL25316900M

Classifications

  • DDC364.152/3092
  • LCCHV6248.M178 M67 2012
  • LCCHV6248.M178M67 2012

Description

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.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • A wilderness of error: the trials of Jeffrey MacDonaldPenguin Press2012-01-01

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