New Trial Sought for MacDonald
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RICHMOND, Va. —
Lawyers for Jeffrey MacDonald asked a federal appeals court today to order a new trial for the former Green Beret doctor serving a life term for the 1970 murders of his pregnant wife and two young daughters.
Defense lawyer Bryan O’Neill told a three-judge panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that new evidence--including statements by 35 witnesses--supports the former Long Beach doctor’s claim of innocence.
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