New trial sought in 'Fatal Vision' murder case
RALEIGH (AP) — Attorneys for the former Army doctor convicted of the 1970 murders of his pregnant wife and two daughters at Fort Bragg are seeking a new trial on the basis of DNA evidence.
In motions filed Wednesday, attorneys for Jeffrey MacDonald asked a federal court to consider the DNA test results that already exist and order a new trial.
If not, the lawyers want permission to conduct new DNA testing in the case.
The motion says both The Innocence Project, a New York-based group that uses DNA evidence to exonerate people, and the Durham-based North Carolina Center on Actual Innocence have agreed to pay for the new testing.
A new hearing in the case has been scheduled for Oct. 31.
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