Jeffrey Robert MacDonald, formerly a military doctor, has had (too) many chances since a jury rejected his story about how his wife and two children were murdered on February 17, 1970. He claimed that Manson-style intruders beat him unconscious and killed his whole family.
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MacDonald’s case became the most litigated case in U.S. history (it went to the Supreme Court seven times), but he maintains his innocence. Behind his prison walls, he’s managed to marry his second wife and be the subject of countless articles, a bestselling book, and a TV movie. “I am a decent human being,” he says.
Do you buy it?