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Making a Murderer Filmmakers Just Revealed New Information That Changes Everything
Posted On Jan 07 2016
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It seems viewers everywhere are addicted to the Netflix doc-series that follows the life of Steven Avery, a Wisconsin man who was jailed for 18 years for a crime he didn’t commit.
“Based on the evidence in the Netflix documentary series Making a Murderer, the justice system embarrassingly failed both men, completely ruining their entire lives”. The White House has to respond to the petition if more than 100,000 people sign it by January 19. It focuses on Halbach’s homicide and raises questions about the strength of the cases against Steven Avery and his nephew, Brendan Dassey. According to an interview on the TODAY Show with filmmakers Moria Demos and Laura Ricciardi, a juror has contacted the pair and revealed that they now believe Avery was not found guilty.
The Change.org petition calls Steven Avery’s treatment “unconstitutional” and demands his release, as well as the prosecution of “the Manitowoc County officials complicit in his two false imprisonments”.
Avery was sentenced to life in prison for her murder without parole. He was exonerated and released in 2003 on DNA evidence – and now claims that the officers who were humiliated in the overturning of that sentence have framed him for Halbach’s murder.
Hundreds of thousands of people backing a campaign asking Barack Obama to pardon convicted murderer Steven Avery look set to be disappointed. Since the series’ release in December major online petitions have surfaced on the White House website and petition site Change.org calling for Avery’s release.
Meanwhile, the lead prosecutor in the case, Ken Kratz, has denounced the documentary as biased in favor of the defense.
In a more startling revelation, Demos added that the juror was “fearful for their own safety” at the time if they stood up for their belief that Avery was not responsible for the death of Teresa Halbach. The Netflix series takes the view that it’s possible he was framed by the sheriff’s department after bringing a civil suit against them for the previous wrongful conviction.
