STORY: "'Fatal Vision" case: Jeffrey MacDonald memo urges judge to vacate triple-murder conviction," by staff writer Paul Woolverton, published by the Fay Observer on April 2, 2013.
GIST: "The lawyer for former Army doctor Jeffrey MacDonald argued in a memo
filed Monday that new evidence should overturn his conviction for the
1970 murders of his wife and children at their Fort Bragg home. Lawyer Gordon Widenhouse of Chapel Hill reiterates evidence he
presented during a seven-day hearing in federal court last September.
Prosecutors have 60 days to file a response.
The memo includes some of the key points made by MacDonald's defense,
including statements from Helena Stoeckley that she was in the house
with three men who killed the family and that she was pressured by a
prosecutor to lie during MacDonald's trial. The defense also points to DNA evidence from unidentified people that
could indicate intruders were in the home. The technology to test DNA
did not exist when MacDonald was tried in 1979. The combination of the DNA and Stoeckley's statements "show by clear
and convincing evidence that no reasonable juror would have found
Jeffrey MacDonald guilty if she had heard this new evidence," Widenhouse
wrote."
The entire story can be found at:
http://www.fayobserver.com/articles/2013/04/01/1247518?sac=fo.hom
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The
Toronto Star, my previous employer for more than twenty incredible
years, has put considerable effort into exposing the harm caused by Dr.
Charles Smith and his protectors - and into pushing for reform of
Ontario's forensic pediatric pathology system. The Star has a "topic"
section which focuses on recent stories related to Dr. Charles Smith. It
can be found at:
http://www.thestar.com/topic/charlessmith
Information on "The Charles Smith Blog Award"- and its nomination process - can be found at:
http://smithforensic.blogspot.com/2011/05/charles-smith-blog-award-nominations.html
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Harold Levy: Publisher; The Charles Smith Blog.
