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Errol Morris documentary?

posted 17 years ago by cartman65
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In the '90s, Errol Morris (Thin Blue Line, Fog of War) expressed interest in doing a documentary arguing Mac's innocence, but nothing's come of as of '07. Did Morris change his mind?

[–] khudson6 17 years ago

It's probably because,they did dna on the hairs they found at the crime scene. out of 27, most belong to macdonald including the one in collette's hand, and the other under kristin's fingernail.helena stockey,and greg mitchell where dropped as suspects,so it's pretty cut and dry macdonald did it. Morris probably went by this evidence, or it could of been he seen something in macdonald that changed his mind.This was the case with Joe Mcginnis he thought macdonald was innocent also at first.

[–] JoeLoebner 17 years ago

It's all very clear to me.

[–] cartman65 17 years ago

I may have found an answer to my question on the web. Can't prove it is accurate, but it makes sense...

"In 1995, filmmaker Errol Morris was interested in directing a documentary about the MacDonald case with the intention of presenting MacDonald as an innocent man. Morris subsequently decided to shelve the project after MacDonald refused to take a polygraph exam."

[–] khudson6 17 years ago

I could understand that, but macdonald has also taken two polygraphs in the past and failed both, yet people think he's still innocent??

[–] JoeLoebner 17 years ago

They're in denial.

[–] cami2 16 years ago

He refused to take a polygraph for Vincent Bugliosli as well when he asked Bugliosli to represent him at trial.

MacDonald is a pathological liar.

It's not the size of the dog in the fight but the size of the fight in the dog

[–] cami2 16 years ago

LOL, how can you argue what isn't there?

It's not the size of the dog in the fight but the size of the fight in the dog