Robert O. Marshall
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Robert O. Marshall is a former Toms River, New Jersey, businessman who in 1984 was charged with (and later convicted of) the contract killing of his wife, Maria.
The case attracted the attention of true crime author Joe McGinniss, whose bestselling book on the Marshall case, Blind Faith, was published in 1989. Blind Faith was adapted into an Emmy-nominated 1990 TV miniseries starring Robert Urich and Joanna Kerns.
In 2002, Marshall wrote the book Tunnel Vision: Trial & Error, in which he challenged the conclusions McGinniss drew in Blind Faith. While pointing out flaws in the judicial process he believed failed him, Marshall also alleged that his trial was contaminated by police misconduct and compromised testimony and evidence.
[edit] See also
- Blind Faith for further details of the Marshall murder trial
- Tracey Gold, an actress who is Marshall's daughter-in-law
