RICHMOND, Va. — A former Army surgeon who has always insisted he was wrongly convicted of slaughtering his pregnant wife and their two young daughters nearly 50 years ago won't give up, even if his latest appeal fails to clear his name, his lawyer says.

 

Jeffrey MacDonald is "going to keep fighting and will continue to maintain his innocence until the end of his days," Attorney Hart Miles said after a hearing at the 4th U.S. District Court of Appeals on Thursday.

 

After decades of failed appeals, MacDonald now hopes the same court that briefly reversed his convictions in 1980 will side with him again. His attorneys say evidence uncovered since then proves he wasn't the killer.

 

'Fatal Vision' doctor claims innocence in family's slaying

I'm sure many of us have seen the movie inspired by this horrific crime. I've always thought he was guilty.

I'm sure many of us have seen the movie inspired by this horrific crime. I've always thought he was guilty.

 

What movie

Is that the murder by the army doctor on the army base where his defense was that he was knocked out by a group of hippies that house invaded and when he came to himself his family was dead?