‘Making a Murderer’ Subject Was Framed, Says Juror

The series depicts the arrests and trials of Steven Avery and his teen nephew, Brendan Dassey, in the murder of an Auto Trader magazine photographer last believed to have been taking photos of a vehicle on the Avery property.

“DNA evidence freed him from prison in September of 2003”.

Avery’s lawyers argued their client was framed by county law enforcement for the Halbach murder.

On a Tuesday episode of the Today Show, new details emerged regarding the highly-visible Steven Avery case that’s captured the attention of the masses via Netflix’s latest documentary series, Making a Murder.

RICCIARDI: We do, we were contacted by one of the jurors who sat through Steven Avery’s trial and shared with us their thoughts. Demos added that the juror said they voted to convict Avery because they were afraid for their personal safety. Now more than 200,000 people have.

“Avery’s unconstitutional mistreatment at the hands of corrupt local law enforcement is completely unacceptable and is an abomination of due process”, reads the petition on Change.org.

The first petition was created on December 20, 2015, at the White House website.

But despite the many apparent flaws in the investigation and prosecution that led to Avery’s conviction in 2007 – and the outrage prompted by the hit TV series – restrictions around presidential pardons mean his case is not applicable.

Avery, who was described by Netflix as “an outsider from the wrong side of the tracks”, and his original assault case triggered major criminal justice reform legislation.

If the petition to the White House reaches 100,000 signiture by January 16, the administration will have to respond, Time reports.

“I believe there to be 80 to 90 per cent of the physical evidence, the forensic evidence, that ties Steven Avery to this murder never to have been presented in this documentary”, Ken Kratz, told Fox 11 News. 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.