The controversial case of Dr. Jeffrey MacDonald

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In the annals of modern-day crime and punishment, few cases have been more gruesome or more controversial than that of convicted murderer Jeffrey MacDonald. And now, after many years, Rita Braver reports how filmmaker Errol Morris is reopening the case - and its controversy - all over again.

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