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Jerry Allen Potter

Fatal Justice: Reinvestigating the MacDonald Murders Paperback – April 17, 1997

by Jerry Allen Potter (Author), Fred Bost (Author)

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For every reader of Joe McGinniss's Fatal Vision, here at last is the complete story.

This "devastating rebuttal to Fatal Vision" (Boston Phoenix) demonstrates that the jury was not privy to crucial evidence in the case of Jeffrey MacDonald, the Green Beret Captain convicted of the murders of his wife and two young daughters. Black-and-white photographs

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W. W. Norton & Company
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April 17, 1997
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5.5 x 1 x 8.2 inches
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0393315444
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Finally, many years after Joe McGinniss's famous Fatal Vision, we have a well-documented argument for the other side of the Jeffrey MacDonald case--an argument that the prosecution mishandled key crime-scene evidence, withheld potentially exculpatory material, and even discounted confessions from other suspects. Whether you change your mind about MacDonald's role in the murder of his family, you will learn much about the case that puts it in a new light. For example, the army narrowed in on MacDonald as their prime suspect very early in the investigation, and discouraged the FBI from developing alternate theories. And the judge in the case, Franklin Dupree Jr. appeared to have been biased in favor of the prosecution. Janet Malcolm, the New Yorker writer who wrote The Journalist and the Murderer (about MacDonald's relationship with McGinniss), called this book "quietly convincing."

About the Author

Jerry Allen Potter was a novelist. He lived in Pacific Grove, California, until his death in 2004.

Fred Bost is a retired magazine and newspaper writer who lives in Fayetteville, North Carolina.

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Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company; Reprint edition (April 17, 1997)
Language : English
Paperback : 496 pages
ISBN-10 : 0393315444
Item Weight : 1.35 pounds
Dimensions : 5.5 x 1 x 8.2 inches

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Casadega

The book is, quite frankly, full of outright ...

Reviewed in the United States on July 1, 2018

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The book is, quite frankly, full of outright manufactured falsehoods about the case. However, it is an important work in the full body of knowledge regarding the MacDonald case.

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Katmom43

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Reviewed in the United States on February 18, 2021

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In great condition. Doesn't look like it's ever been read.

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Nicole Reinhardt

Great Book

Reviewed in the United States on December 18, 2019

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You should read it

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Joanne Vancil

Mystery

Reviewed in the United States on April 30, 2017

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If you followed the case you will love ❤️ this 📚

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Mcgivern Owen L

The Pursuit of the Truth!

Reviewed in the United States on March 24, 2005

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"Fatal Justice" concerns the so -called Green Beret Murders, which occurred at Fort Bragg, NC in February, 1970. A young Green Beret Captain, Jeffrey MacDonald was eventually convicted of killing his wife and two infant daughters. There were several doubts about the Government's case: Among them was mishandled evidence the night of the murder, a hostile trial judge, the accused's selection of a presumptively inappropriate defense attorney and the refusal of the court to entertain exculpatory evidence. Furthermore, there had been an extraordinary delay in brining MacDonald to trial. The Fort Bragg Provost Marshall had refused to recommend a court-martial. Since the proceeding rendering that decision was labeled a "criminal investigation" and not a "judicial proceeding", CaptainMacDonald was eligible to be charged in a civil court free of double jeopardy. His appeal based on lack of a speedy trial was denied. MacDonald received three life terms in Federal Prison and there he sits to this day. In the early 1980s, the popular novel "Fatal Vision" told the MacDonald story to the country. It raised considerable doubt about the quality of the conviction. Yet this reviewer believed, as did many Americans, that justice had likely, if not definitively, been achieved. A TV movie with Karl Malden and Eva Marie Saint solidified that sentiment. Fatal Justice turns the entire MacDonald affair upside down: FJ is the most disturbing true crime report this reviewer has read. It was hard for this reviewer to remain calm! FJ denotes in great and painful detail how MacDonald was railroaded to the jailhouse by a lying, duplicitous, dishonest prosecution that first decided on his guilt and then made the evidence fit their case. There was wholesale direct or indirect suppression of evidence. Other witnesses who could have cleared the Captain were not allowed to testify-including one man who admitted to the murders! Disclosures from the ubiquitous Helena Stoeckley would have blown the case open! The Captain's original claim that drug crazed intruders committed the act, which seemed so far fetched at trial, now appears exculpatory. A strong defense could have raised so much reasonable doubt with a fair- minded jury! Yet after years of research by the authors, not to mention teams of MacDonald lawyers, the courts have ruled that it is too late to introduce new evidence! MacDonald's attorneys should have exercised due diligence and discovered the surpressed evidence back in the 1970s! How does one discover evidence that, for all practical purposes is surpressed? It is safe to assume that those interested in the case have read FV. These folks owe it to themselves to also read FJ! Everyone is entitles to their own opinion but this reviewer questions how anybody who contemplates FV and FJ can fail to agree that MacDonald is innocent. The expectation of a fair trail, the presumption of innocence until proven guilty, the concept of reasonable doubt in determining innocence, the guarantee of speedy trial, the convicted's due of a just and impartial appeal, redress against prosecutorial misconduct, the right to have exculpatory factors admitted as evidence are all outrightly assaulted by the MacDonald murder case. Any of the amazon community can suffer from an over-zealous prosecution someday. FJ is deeply serious food for thought, regardless of one's opinion on the specifics of the Green Beret Murder Case. Critics may carp that FJ is sometimes repetitive. The view here is that the authors are good lawyers driving home their points. Messrs. Potter and Bost should be commended for their dogged research and pursuit of the truth.

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Adel Altamimi

a factual believable account

Reviewed in the United States on December 29, 2006

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I would have given 5 stars but gave 4 just for the fact that it had to many reference throughout breaking up the flow.

I read both "fatal vision" and "fatal justice" and found the "Fatal Justice" more factual. Yes, I agree it did not read as well but mainly because it was a much better researched book. I think that McGinnis sold out as was said in F.J., it makes sense when you think about it, he barely glosses over the lost prints, contaminated crime scene and especially the skin. I have to wonder how such prosecutorial misconduct can not be addressed and how the case can not be re examined.

I am a big forensic shows fan and have to say the police are certainly error prone in most cases. If they get in their mind you are guilty they try to make the evidence fit their theories and not go where the evidence takes them. People judge people for getting a lawyer right away but I think that is the best advice for anyone!

I hope that the case is reopened and the truth is told.

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Melissa J. AVILA

FATAL JUSTICE

Reviewed in the United States on July 21, 2007

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VERY TECHINICAL BOOK, GOOD FOR SOMEONE WHO IS INTO ALOT OF LEGAL JARGIN.
ACCTUALLY HAVE PUT BOOK ASIDE, TO FINISH AT ANOTHER TIME. THIS BOOK IS REALLY NOT A STORY, BUT MORE LIKE A CASE FILE COMPARING WHAT THEY BELIEVE IS THE FACTS COMPARED TO THE FIRST BOOK WRITTEN BY JOE MCGINNIS. I STILL FEEL JEFF MCDONALD IS GUILTY..., WOULD I STILL BUY THIS BOOK, KNOW KNOWING WHAT I KNOW WHAT IT ENTAILS PROBABLY YES.

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Mary Jo Bramble

Brought me from the realms of believing in guilt to putting me on the fence, leaning toward the other side.

Reviewed in the United States on October 20, 2013

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Did Jeffrey MacDonald really kill his wife Collette and his two daughters Kim and Kristin? Due to the 70s book "Fatal Vision" and it's ensuing TV miniseries, most of America thinks he's as guilty as can be. This book went a long way towards helping me to see that, at the very least, Captain MacDonald did not receive a fair trial by any sense of the word. And if this is true, than it is also possible he is not guilty. And I must admit, I've found myself in the unlikely place of thinking he really may not be guilty. But that's not for me to decide for you. It's a good read if you have any interest in this case it will give you everything you need to make up your own mind.

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