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Convicted murderer and former Fort Bragg Army Capt. Jeffrey MacDonald cannot get out of prison under a federal compassionate release law, U.S. District Judge Terrence Boyle said in a ruling issued on Friday. MacDonald is serving three life sentences at a federal prison in Maryland for the murders in 1970 of his pregnant wife and two children at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. He has claimed factual innocence. The compassionate release law allows some federal prisoners over age 70 to get out of prison under certain circumstances, such as if they have served at least 30 years of their sentences ...

LUMBERTON — A Lumber Bridge man is being sought in a 2008 home invasion slaying, Robeson County officials said Tuesday evening. James Roscoe McAllister, 30, is wanted on charges of first-degree murder, first-degree burglary, robbery with a dangerous weapon, felony conspiracy and second-degree kidnapping in the June 25, 2008, killing of Daniel Bullard, according to a news release from the Robeson County Sheriff's Office. Bullard, 23, was shot and killed during a home invasion and robbery at his Shannon home. According to the initial report, Bullard, his 22-year-old girlfriend and their infan...

Ex-officer MacDonald in Fort Bragg murders seeks release GARY D. ROBERTSON, Associated Press March 12, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail FILE - In this March 1, 1995 file photo Jeffrey MacDonald gestures at the federal correctional institution in Sheridan, Ore. MacDonald, a former Army captain serving three life sentences for the 1970 murders of his pregnant wife and two young children, has a hearing scheduled Thursday, March 11, 2021 on his request to a federal judge to free him due to his age and failing health.Shane Young/AP RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A former Army physician serving life prison sente...

A former Army captain serving life prison sentences for the 1970 murders of his pregnant wife and two young children at a North Carolina base wants to leave federal prison due to his deteriorating health during the coronavirus pandemic.

The government says MacDonald is not eligible to use the compassionate release law. MacDonald is serving three consecutive life sentences -- could the judge reduce his punishment? A federal judge in Raleigh heard arguments on Thursday afternoon as to whether Jeffrey MacDonald, a former Army captain, should be released from the triple-life sentence he is serving for the murders of his wife and children at Fort Bragg in 1970. After listening to arguments for about an hour at the federal courthouse in Raleigh — where MacDonald was convicted in 1979 — U.S. District Judge Terrence Boyle said...