Steven Avery of ‘Making a Murderer’ files appeal, says jury was tainted

Dassey, who is serving a life sentence with the possibility of parole, tried to appeal his conviction, but was denied and the Wisconsin Supreme Court wouldn’t review the case.

Avery filed a notice of appeal last month with the Wisconsin Court of Appeals.

The convicted killer featured in Netflix’s hit documentary series “Making a Murderer” filed for a new appeal Tuesday for his release. She said in a statement that the defense has uncovered new evidence that will exonerate Avery – but she didn’t say what it was.

In his appeal filed on Monday, Avery’s legal team contends the police search of his property was improper and that any evidence collected found in the search should be excluded.

In the appeal, Avery says the notions of preconceived guilt from this juror deprived him of an impartial jury trial and this coincides with what we were shown in the documentary after Richard Mahler had to leave due to an emergency.

The Avery case has recently gained popularity with coverage in its own docuseries on the popular movie streaming service. He had sued Manitowoc County for tens of millions before he and his nephew, Brendan Dassey, were arrested in Halbach’s death. “Making a Murderer” has inspired petitions to President Barack Obama and Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, as well as a critical probe of the country’s criminal justice system.

The interview clip also shows Stachowski saying she didn’t love Avery.

Brendan and Avery were both convicted of the murder of 25-year-old photographer Teresa Halbach in 2007. There is a strong feeling amongst viewers of the docu-series that Avery and Dassey were set up by the Manitowoc County Sheriff’s Department and did not commit the murder.

As for her participation in the wildly successful Netflix series, Stachowski said Avery threatened her to take part in it. “If I didn’t say anything good and nice about him, I’d pay”, she said. Kathleen Zellner, the lead attorney, specializes in getting convictions overturned.

Since the release of Netflix’s striking true-crime documentary “Making A Murderer”, people throughout the country have been debating the innocence or guilt of Steven Avery.