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Ex-officer in Fatal Vision murders appeals release denial by The Associated Press Last Updated Apr 23, 2021 at 11:28 am EDT RALEIGH, N.C. A former Army doctor serving life in prison for the “Fatal Vision” slayings of his wife and two young daughters in 1970 is appealing a federal court ruling this month denying his requested release due to poor health. Court officials on Friday sent the appeal notice filed late Thursday by attorneys for Jeffrey MacDonald to the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. MacDonald’s lawyers intend to challenge the April 9 order by District Judge Terrence Boyle. The judge wrote that he lacked authority to adjust MacDonald’s prison time because a law governing compassionate release requests doesn’t apply to those who committed their crimes before a 1987 cutoff. ....
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He was convicted in 1979. Jeffrey MacDonald, the former Army captain who is serving three life sentences for the murders of his wife and two young children their home at Fort Bragg in 1970, is asking a federal judge free him due to his age and failing health. A hearing on MacDonald’s request for what’s known as compassionate release is set for 3 p.m. Thursday at the federal courthouse in Raleigh. This is the same courthouse where MacDonald was convicted of the murders in 1979. MacDonald’s former brother-in-law, Bob Stevenson of Hull, Massachusetts, plans to attend the hearing to testify against MacDonald’s request for release. Stevenson’s sister was MacDonald’s first wife, Colette MacDonald. She was pregnant when she was beaten and stabbed to death in her bedroom 51 years ago. ....