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Final Vision: The Last Word on Jeffrey MacDonald
It is the longest-running criminal case in U.S. history, and one of the most horrifying murder cases of its time, with chilling echoes of the Manson Family’s “Helter Skelter” killings: Jeffrey MacDonald, a handsome, Ivy League–educated Green Beret Army doctor, accused of brutally stabbing and clubbing to death his pregnant wife and two young daughters in the middle of the night. MacDonald was eventually convicted and is serving three consecutive life sentences. The writer Joe McGinniss first got drawn into the story in 1979, when he began work on what became the definitive account of the case, "Fatal Vision." But in the years since, MacDonald has never stopped filing appeals, and several high-profile writers have raised questions about whether he might be innocent after all. McGinniss, largely silent on the topic for years, finally rebuts them all in this compelling follow-up to his 1983 bestseller.
To this day, provocative questions still swirl around the murders: What would cause a seemingly happily married man to slaughter his family so viciously, with a wooden club, knives, and an ice pick? Who were the drug-crazed hippies who MacDonald insisted broke into his house and committed the crimes? Did the government and the military truly suppress evidence that could prove MacDonald’s innocence? And what about the mysterious and deeply troubled Girl in the Floppy Hat?
Forty-three years after the murders, the controversy lives on. MacDonald, now a gray-haired sixty-eight-year-old, continues to attract supporters, most recently acclaimed filmmaker Errol Morris, whose recent book casts doubt on the conviction. The ruling on MacDonald’s latest motion for a new trial is due in early 2013, but as McGinniss makes clear in this fascinating, authoritative book, his guilt is undeniable.
To this day, provocative questions still swirl around the murders: What would cause a seemingly happily married man to slaughter his family so viciously, with a wooden club, knives, and an ice pick? Who were the drug-crazed hippies who MacDonald insisted broke into his house and committed the crimes? Did the government and the military truly suppress evidence that could prove MacDonald’s innocence? And what about the mysterious and deeply troubled Girl in the Floppy Hat?
Forty-three years after the murders, the controversy lives on. MacDonald, now a gray-haired sixty-eight-year-old, continues to attract supporters, most recently acclaimed filmmaker Errol Morris, whose recent book casts doubt on the conviction. The ruling on MacDonald’s latest motion for a new trial is due in early 2013, but as McGinniss makes clear in this fascinating, authoritative book, his guilt is undeniable.
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First published December 11, 2012
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Joe McGinniss
34 books242 followersJoe McGinniss was an American journalist, non-fiction writer and novelist. He first came to prominence with the best-selling The Selling of the President 1968 which described the marketing of then-presidential candidate Richard Nixon. It spent more than six months on best-seller lists. He is popularly known for his trilogy of bestselling true crime books — Fatal Vision, Blind Faith and Cruel Doubt — which were adapted into several TV miniseries and movies. Over the course of forty years, McGinniss published twelve books.
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January 18, 2014
It clears up a lot if things but three bucks? Overpriced. Here, I'll sum it up for you. MacDonald is the psychopathic ass who murdered his pregnant wife and two baby daughters in 1970. Since then he keeps dragging up these make-believe hippies and trying to blame them even though the evidence paints a clear picture of what went down. But he's so in love with himself that he's spent the last 42 years using every lawyers' dodge possible to keep his wretched self in the spotlight. None of the "new" evidence is ever new. It's the same evidence run through a different loophole.
He's a turd of a human being. And I just saved you three bucks.
He's a turd of a human being. And I just saved you three bucks.
November 11, 2024
After finishing Errol Morris’s A Wilderness of Error, a look at the Jeffrey MacDonald case from a different angle, it left me feeling like I needed to reread Fatal Vision because I was wondering if my memory was failing me on some key points of the case (ok, my memory sucks). As I was searching for Fatal Vision, this one came up. It’s McGinniss’s rebuttal to Errol Morris’s book. He handily shoots down every theory Morris came up with, every argument he made. It seems clear that a lot was left out of Morris’s book, whether by laziness, accident, or design. Makes me even more disappointed in Morris.
January 24, 2013
Wow, I read Fatal Vision many moons ago, and I was so intrigued by Joe McGinniss's take on the whole story, which I felt he did a magnificent job in writing, and the same goes for this eBook update.
Many times when I read stories like these, especially where the murderer is still alive, usually in prison or sitting on death row, I often wonder what became of them or what new developments have taken place since the story came out, and Joe did an outstanding job outlining just what I've always wondered, whatever became of Dr. Jeffrey MacDonald.
Unfortunately, as with the first book, to me, his guilt was never a doubt for me, but his supporters always held out hope. I see not much has changed, except this time around MacDonald managed to sue Joe McGinniss and his publisher for "his view" of how he wrote the story of Fatal Vision, which is a joke because anyone with eyes and any amount of sense could see as clear as day, MacDonald was guilty as hell for killing his wife and two children.
What I still don't understand about this guy is what was the motive? I mean, what in the world could possess a person to come home one day and decide, "you know, I don't want my family to live anymore!!" Dear God, who the hell does that? I can't say, but that's the one piece to this crazy puzzle that has yet to be answered for me. WHY? I never knew why and I still don't.
This case marks the only one in American history to go on this long. Over 40 years and counting. Why the court continues to allow this idiot to hog up precious judicious time with his stupid antics is way beyond my comprehension, but nonetheless, at least I finally have an idea what has happened in recent years. Believe it or not, MacDonald has another appeal to be decided coming up this spring 2013. Wow, this man just never gives up, which, to me, makes him look even guiltier, if that's even possible. The evidence pretty much summed that up years ago.
A great update and a short read. Well worth it for anyone who keeps up on these types of true crime stories.
Many times when I read stories like these, especially where the murderer is still alive, usually in prison or sitting on death row, I often wonder what became of them or what new developments have taken place since the story came out, and Joe did an outstanding job outlining just what I've always wondered, whatever became of Dr. Jeffrey MacDonald.
Unfortunately, as with the first book, to me, his guilt was never a doubt for me, but his supporters always held out hope. I see not much has changed, except this time around MacDonald managed to sue Joe McGinniss and his publisher for "his view" of how he wrote the story of Fatal Vision, which is a joke because anyone with eyes and any amount of sense could see as clear as day, MacDonald was guilty as hell for killing his wife and two children.
What I still don't understand about this guy is what was the motive? I mean, what in the world could possess a person to come home one day and decide, "you know, I don't want my family to live anymore!!" Dear God, who the hell does that? I can't say, but that's the one piece to this crazy puzzle that has yet to be answered for me. WHY? I never knew why and I still don't.
This case marks the only one in American history to go on this long. Over 40 years and counting. Why the court continues to allow this idiot to hog up precious judicious time with his stupid antics is way beyond my comprehension, but nonetheless, at least I finally have an idea what has happened in recent years. Believe it or not, MacDonald has another appeal to be decided coming up this spring 2013. Wow, this man just never gives up, which, to me, makes him look even guiltier, if that's even possible. The evidence pretty much summed that up years ago.
A great update and a short read. Well worth it for anyone who keeps up on these types of true crime stories.
February 8, 2016
My thoughts
As usual, a fast, yet thoughtful response to the accusations by an amphetamine-stoked egotistical man who not only killed his family, but would not cooperate in the investigation. He cried like a wimpy coward and hid behind a fabricated story when refusing to take a polygraph...and, as a consummate liar, still denies his actions. Bravo. Mr McGinniss for exposing the incredible horror that is Jeffrey MacDonald. And, as an aside, if 4 people were carrying lit candles while killing a family, there would be wax residue and a smell of smoke in curtains noticed and noted.
As usual, a fast, yet thoughtful response to the accusations by an amphetamine-stoked egotistical man who not only killed his family, but would not cooperate in the investigation. He cried like a wimpy coward and hid behind a fabricated story when refusing to take a polygraph...and, as a consummate liar, still denies his actions. Bravo. Mr McGinniss for exposing the incredible horror that is Jeffrey MacDonald. And, as an aside, if 4 people were carrying lit candles while killing a family, there would be wax residue and a smell of smoke in curtains noticed and noted.
January 4, 2013
A short update to McGinniss's Fatal Vision which details how the MacDonald case has protracted its life for four decades in Jarndyce v. Jarndyce fashion. Basic familiarity with the facts of the case is assumed. The focus here is on the what has ensued since MacDonald's 1979 conviction—namely books, movies, and ad nauseam appeals.
In the most recent and well-publicized of these books, A Wilderness of Error, filmmaker Errol Morris turns the case into a cause célèbre that serves as Exhibit B in his long-running crusade against police incompetence and malpractice (see his The Thin Blue Line). Unfortunately, as McGinniss makes abundantly clear, Morris's arguments here are weak; the "new" evidence he adduces is either not new at all or remarkably shaky. When this evidence was given its day in court, it proved patently unpersuasive.
McGinniss criticizes both MacDonald's endlessly opportunistic prosecution team, as well as our legal system that allows its resources to be consumed by such unjustified appeals. In the crowning absurdity, McGinniss himself was asked to take the stand to read parts of Fatal Vision into the evidentiary record: his book about the case has now become part of the case. You will likely come away from this book newly convinced of MacDonald's guilt and shaking your head at how his case has still not gone away for good.
In the most recent and well-publicized of these books, A Wilderness of Error, filmmaker Errol Morris turns the case into a cause célèbre that serves as Exhibit B in his long-running crusade against police incompetence and malpractice (see his The Thin Blue Line). Unfortunately, as McGinniss makes abundantly clear, Morris's arguments here are weak; the "new" evidence he adduces is either not new at all or remarkably shaky. When this evidence was given its day in court, it proved patently unpersuasive.
McGinniss criticizes both MacDonald's endlessly opportunistic prosecution team, as well as our legal system that allows its resources to be consumed by such unjustified appeals. In the crowning absurdity, McGinniss himself was asked to take the stand to read parts of Fatal Vision into the evidentiary record: his book about the case has now become part of the case. You will likely come away from this book newly convinced of MacDonald's guilt and shaking your head at how his case has still not gone away for good.
February 28, 2021
Jeffrey MacDonald's murder of his wife and two young daughters (and an unborn fetus that his wife was carrying) is excellently summarized by Joe McGinnis's book Fatal Vision, which was written, I believe, in the early 70s. It's a masterful narrative of reportage and analysis.
This book was just written to shut up MacDonald, the murderer in prison, who has been protesting his original guilty decision for the past 40 years because he's a smart sociopath who will not admit to having done anything wrong. Unless you are familiar with the case, this book isn't a necessary read, but it does speak of the ridiculous grounds on which MacDonald has challenged the verdict over the past 40 years.
While McGinnis is always an excellent writer, this book is not essential reading unless you want to know exactly what an irredeemable ball of slime MacDonald is.
This book was just written to shut up MacDonald, the murderer in prison, who has been protesting his original guilty decision for the past 40 years because he's a smart sociopath who will not admit to having done anything wrong. Unless you are familiar with the case, this book isn't a necessary read, but it does speak of the ridiculous grounds on which MacDonald has challenged the verdict over the past 40 years.
While McGinnis is always an excellent writer, this book is not essential reading unless you want to know exactly what an irredeemable ball of slime MacDonald is.
August 6, 2021
Joe McGinnis was justifiably furious about Errol Morris's "A Wilderness of Error" and he lets it be known here. I only wish McGinnis had lived to see Morris confronted by the excellent documentary filmmaker Andrew Jarecki, credited for "The Jinx." If McGinnis had lived long enough, he would have seen Morris humiliated by being asked to participate in, and even give his book's name to, a documentary that toppled his defense of Jeffrey MacDonald like a house of cards.
July 23, 2017
This is a follow up to McGinniss' Fatal Vision. It's kind of the final word that among other things addresses claims in a contradictory book called a Wilderness of Error as well as multiple appeals made my McDonald since his imprisonment.
It's a nice summary of the the key issues raised in the case by both sides.
It's a nice summary of the the key issues raised in the case by both sides.
December 31, 2012
Do not read if you are not already familiar with the MacDonald case or have not already read the author's first book, "Fatal Vision." This book is merely a followup to the case and covers the many appeals MacDonald has made through the years. It's a quick read and Mcginnis does a great job of explaining the appeals process.
September 30, 2020
As usual ...just the facts.
Thank you Joe Mcginniss. I Wanted something with facts to read about the Jeff McDonald trial. Read joes books and you will have the whole ugly story. and I pray for Colette and her kids
Thank you Joe Mcginniss. I Wanted something with facts to read about the Jeff McDonald trial. Read joes books and you will have the whole ugly story. and I pray for Colette and her kids
March 16, 2013
Did I love it? No. I think I would have liked to read this as an article or free e-content, but after thinking about it, why shouldn't the author make a few bucks from an update of the case? Decades have passed since his book was published and much has happened in these years. Except...if you've read the book, not much has happened. To anyone who has strong feelings either way, what has happened since Fatal Vision was published has done nothing but muddle the system. I doubt anyone will be surprised by what they read here, and what's more, it's a deeply dissatisfying read to anyone who cares about justice. It's not my responsibility to argue for or against either side, but my own opinion is strong. This case is older than I am. It's sad that in the last 40 years the true victims - Colette, Kimberly and Kristen - have become afterthoughts when they should be remembered most vividly.
I'm giving the book 4 stars because it was useful, interesting, well-written and, I think, important. I nearly gave it one star but just because I hate the *story* and the BS doesn't mean the book itself is bad. I hate the crime and I hate that the American justice system is as broken as it is, but the piece is remarkable in that it keeps the undercurrent of truth running strong and, most important, reminds the reader who the real victims are. Would I recommend this book to a friend for purchase? No, probably not. But the idea that the book warrants a low score because not much has happened is ridiculous. If you want to know what has happened since the first book was published you can either hop online and read through years of articles, or you could read this in one sitting. Up to you. Reading this probably won't change anyone's opinion, but in light of "new evidence" and other author accounts, it's a very, very strong rebuttal.
I'm giving the book 4 stars because it was useful, interesting, well-written and, I think, important. I nearly gave it one star but just because I hate the *story* and the BS doesn't mean the book itself is bad. I hate the crime and I hate that the American justice system is as broken as it is, but the piece is remarkable in that it keeps the undercurrent of truth running strong and, most important, reminds the reader who the real victims are. Would I recommend this book to a friend for purchase? No, probably not. But the idea that the book warrants a low score because not much has happened is ridiculous. If you want to know what has happened since the first book was published you can either hop online and read through years of articles, or you could read this in one sitting. Up to you. Reading this probably won't change anyone's opinion, but in light of "new evidence" and other author accounts, it's a very, very strong rebuttal.
November 12, 2020
This is no different than the fake news on cnn
This writer forgot to add in all the things that can’t be explained away like the numerous people who saw this group of hippies around the McDonald house one being the wife of a Colonel, he doesn’t explain away how candle wax drips all over this apartment has no matching candles in it. He also forgets more than one person admitted to the crimes numerous times to numerous people. He forgets about the witness in the donut store who not only recalled the car the hippies were in but the blood on the mans hands he washed off in the restroom there. I think he forgot to tell his readers he only changed his book to show McDonald guilty after his Publisher told him to because nobody would want to read about him being innocent. This book was very disappointing and I would not recommend it. As far as the case goes until every piece of evidence has DNA done I think a terrible injustice is being done here. I can imagine the person who called the McDonald house that night and spoke to Helena will forever wonder why they were not called to testify or why his phone records weren’t subpoenaed.
This writer forgot to add in all the things that can’t be explained away like the numerous people who saw this group of hippies around the McDonald house one being the wife of a Colonel, he doesn’t explain away how candle wax drips all over this apartment has no matching candles in it. He also forgets more than one person admitted to the crimes numerous times to numerous people. He forgets about the witness in the donut store who not only recalled the car the hippies were in but the blood on the mans hands he washed off in the restroom there. I think he forgot to tell his readers he only changed his book to show McDonald guilty after his Publisher told him to because nobody would want to read about him being innocent. This book was very disappointing and I would not recommend it. As far as the case goes until every piece of evidence has DNA done I think a terrible injustice is being done here. I can imagine the person who called the McDonald house that night and spoke to Helena will forever wonder why they were not called to testify or why his phone records weren’t subpoenaed.
December 23, 2020
A brief follow-up to the 1983 non-fiction book Fatal Vision. Writer Joe McGinniss was called as a witness in a hearing as to whether “new” evidence would have resulted in a not guilty verdict, thereby allowing Jeffrey MacDonald a new trial. Final Vision gives a recap of the trial and multiple appeals and hearings in the subsequent years, and describes what happened in court in 2012. The hearing determined that the evidence wasn’t really new and it wasn’t exculpatory. Jeffrey MacDonald remains imprisoned for three consecutive life sentences for the murders of his pregnant wife and two young daughters in 1970.
May 23, 2016
Didn't learn anything new by reading this book. It was more of a wrap up of the lawsuit that Jeffery McDonald had filed against Joe McGinniss. No new evidence was discovered to exonerate McDonald of the murders of his family.
McGinnis still believes that MacDonald did in fact murder his family and did try to get away with the murders both in the criminal court and in the military court.
I believe the only court which McDonald really believes will find him innocent is in the court of public opinion.
McGinnis still believes that MacDonald did in fact murder his family and did try to get away with the murders both in the criminal court and in the military court.
I believe the only court which McDonald really believes will find him innocent is in the court of public opinion.
January 13, 2013
I read Fatal Vision many years ago when it first came out and have followed the ongoing saga of Jeffrey MacDonald's attempt to reverse his conviction in the murder of his wife and children. This relatively short ebook reviews briefly the events detailed in Fatal Vision and debunks the claims of "new evidence" made by Mr. MacDonald's lawyers. This will be of interest to those who were captured by the original book in its dark fascination and the ongoing story.
April 22, 2022
I have watched all the pro MacDonald documentaries/series and read the books both fatal vision and final vision. This is a follow up of the 1983 book which I personally advise you to read first. For me after reading this book it has cleared up some of the mystery of Errol Morris versus Joe McGinniss. This however has never changed my view as I believe Jeffrey MacDonald committed the murders of his pregnant wife and two daughters and deserves to die in prison.
I am part of the ARC group for Wildblue Press and BookSirens and I am leaving this review voluntarily.
I am part of the ARC group for Wildblue Press and BookSirens and I am leaving this review voluntarily.
October 12, 2021
Glad to get author's final thoughts
Joe McGinniss has been many years gone now but I was happy to read his last opinions, thoughts and observations about a case many of us became fascinated with after the NBC miniseries came out in 1984. The miniseries drew me to the book Fatal Vision and it was one of the more compelling true crime books I've ever read. After being attacked by supporters of Jeff MacDonald, Joe gave us a rebuttal that, for me, closed the door on this terrible crime. I only discovered Final Vision after re-watching the movie on YouTube and wanting more. I'm glad I found Final Vision. It's an easy quick read and a satisfying conclusion for readers of his original work.
Joe McGinniss has been many years gone now but I was happy to read his last opinions, thoughts and observations about a case many of us became fascinated with after the NBC miniseries came out in 1984. The miniseries drew me to the book Fatal Vision and it was one of the more compelling true crime books I've ever read. After being attacked by supporters of Jeff MacDonald, Joe gave us a rebuttal that, for me, closed the door on this terrible crime. I only discovered Final Vision after re-watching the movie on YouTube and wanting more. I'm glad I found Final Vision. It's an easy quick read and a satisfying conclusion for readers of his original work.
March 14, 2021
I read Fatal Vision back when it first came out in paperback. I recall a friend and I having different opinions on whether MacDonald was truly guilty - I believed he was but thought it possible he might have had some sort of psychotic break and did not remember.
I enjoyed this Final word from Mr. McGinniss. Knowing that, occasionally, an author may rethink his previous works it is nice to have the rest of the story. And it is well written, the references are there for those who want to delve further.
I enjoyed this Final word from Mr. McGinniss. Knowing that, occasionally, an author may rethink his previous works it is nice to have the rest of the story. And it is well written, the references are there for those who want to delve further.
January 16, 2013
Basically a ripoff - large chunks of Fatal Vision are cut and pasted without any revision at all, and while he does answer Errol "Thin Blue Line" Morris, it's not done very well.
I look forward to the sequel, "The Final Final Vision No Really Shut Up Jeff".
I look forward to the sequel, "The Final Final Vision No Really Shut Up Jeff".
January 19, 2013
Since nothing of note has happened in the past 20 years, I guess it would be difficult to make this gripping. However, since nothing of note happened, the book should really not have been written, in my opinion.
January 26, 2025
Sad story
Good book - thank you for pursuing this case to the end. It would be a brutally terrible moment if this monster were released from the prison he so deserves.
Good book - thank you for pursuing this case to the end. It would be a brutally terrible moment if this monster were released from the prison he so deserves.
July 27, 2022
This book was very short. Only 83 pages total. No new/different information was given until page 43 (over half the book). Unfortunately, most of the book is just a rehash of the "parent" book "Fatal Vision".
While the writing itself was good, because it was released in Kindle there were no new pictures. There was, to be honest, no new information though we were told who was still living of the prosecutors and defense team.
otherwise, this book was not worth the $2.99 and the hour it took to read it.
While the writing itself was good, because it was released in Kindle there were no new pictures. There was, to be honest, no new information though we were told who was still living of the prosecutors and defense team.
otherwise, this book was not worth the $2.99 and the hour it took to read it.
December 29, 2024
Not really a book, more a pamphlet or article: it has literally perhaps 15 pages of substance. McGinnis wrote one of the finest books in the true crime genre in his Fatal Vision, proving beyond doubt Jeffrey MacDonald's guilt in the murder of his family. This book, Final Vision, is an ornery and vituperative afterword primarily directed at attacking the charlatan Errol Morris and denigrating MacDonald's ridiculous and ongoing attempts to free himself. Not worth the $2.99 I spent on it.
February 24, 2025
I read this right after finishing Fatal Vision, and so some of the earlier part of it was repetitive. However, it was brought up to date with more recent developments, none of which has gotten MacDonald out of jail. It shouldn’t because it seems quite definite that he murdered his pregnant wife and his two little girls. More years have passed since this book was written, and it seems that the matter must have finally settled. The author has passed away, but MacDonald is still in prison, in his 80’s and it looks like he will never get out.
September 21, 2020
Necessary to read before Wilderness of Error series
Clears up some of the mystery of Errol Morris versus Joe McGinniss. One of two nightmares is true here - Jeff did it, or Jeff didn't and was convicted. I find, in revisiting, that I understand more later in my life why they convicted ol' Jeff. Bizarre behavior. I'm still going to watch the docu-series when it comes out. Just feel better forewarned and fore-armed.
Clears up some of the mystery of Errol Morris versus Joe McGinniss. One of two nightmares is true here - Jeff did it, or Jeff didn't and was convicted. I find, in revisiting, that I understand more later in my life why they convicted ol' Jeff. Bizarre behavior. I'm still going to watch the docu-series when it comes out. Just feel better forewarned and fore-armed.
September 25, 2017
Final Vision
This was a followup to the authors first book Fatal Vision about the Jeffrey MacDonald case. It details all the times MacDonald has proclaimed his innocence and the subsequent trials since his conviction. It was a great update to a case that has fascinated me since I read the first book. Highly recommend this book and the first book Fatal Vision.
This was a followup to the authors first book Fatal Vision about the Jeffrey MacDonald case. It details all the times MacDonald has proclaimed his innocence and the subsequent trials since his conviction. It was a great update to a case that has fascinated me since I read the first book. Highly recommend this book and the first book Fatal Vision.
March 28, 2021
If he's innocent?
The killing of Jeffrey McDOnald's wife and kids was the most horrendous act any human being can inflict on another. We were walked from the day of the murders all through till next morning. Every piece of evidence was explained, right down to McDOnald's pajama top This is a no brainer Jeff. Give it up and pray to God for your immortal soul!
The killing of Jeffrey McDOnald's wife and kids was the most horrendous act any human being can inflict on another. We were walked from the day of the murders all through till next morning. Every piece of evidence was explained, right down to McDOnald's pajama top This is a no brainer Jeff. Give it up and pray to God for your immortal soul!
March 26, 2022
Great follow up
Quick read, great follow up, to the story of Jeffrey MacDonald. I loved the book, “Fatal Vision” and thought the case against him was solid. You hear things now and then that suggest otherwise, it was darn friendly of McGinniss to put those together for me in a tidy quick read.
Quick read, great follow up, to the story of Jeffrey MacDonald. I loved the book, “Fatal Vision” and thought the case against him was solid. You hear things now and then that suggest otherwise, it was darn friendly of McGinniss to put those together for me in a tidy quick read.
November 9, 2024
An interesting follow up to Fatal Vision
If you haven't read Fatal Vision, read that first. This book is a follow-up and has no new information but does a good job of addressing McDonald's ongoing defense claims post conviction and complaints directed at Joe McGinniss and the first book. It's a quick read and fairly interesting if you've followed the case and McDonald's appeals.
If you haven't read Fatal Vision, read that first. This book is a follow-up and has no new information but does a good job of addressing McDonald's ongoing defense claims post conviction and complaints directed at Joe McGinniss and the first book. It's a quick read and fairly interesting if you've followed the case and McDonald's appeals.
January 13, 2018
A brief but necessary summary of the MacDonald trials and appeals up to the present day. It is too short and sparse in detail to warrant a higher rating, but it puts into perspective the futility of MacDonald's defence.
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