Steven Avery of ‘Making a Murderer’ files motions for release

The Steven Avery case has drawn global attention, in the wake of the Netflix documentary “Making a Murderer”.

Steven Avery from Manitowoc County, Wisconsin still maintains his innocence when it comes to the death of Teresa Halbach, which he was sentenced to life in prison for.

The first warrant to search the Avery property had multiple properties – and he claims that makes it a warrantless search with any evidence seized being determined illegal.

The White House recently responded to a pardon petition that amassed more than 100,000 signatures and Avery has since filed an appeal to overturn his conviction.

He was exonerated in 2003 and was pursuing a multi-million dollar lawsuit against Manitowoc County and its sheriff when he was accused of murdering Halbach.

In an email to Local 5 News, Zellner said she’s confident Avery’s conviction will be vacated when her team presents new evidence. Ken Kratz, the main state prosecutor in the case, told Maxim that the series’ directors cherrypicked facts that created an incomplete picture of Avery’s conviction.

In the motions, received Monday by an appeals court in Madison, Wisconsin, Avery accuses the authorities of using an improper warrant and says that a juror bullied other members of the panel into convicting him. Following the premiere of Making a Murderer, there’s been speculation as to why key evidence was left out of the series.

“According to the court documents, Avery says the jurors were tainted, because one juror made repeated comments that he was “(expletive) guilty”.

Avery can be a “semi-nice person, and then behind closed doors, he’s a monster”, she said. He said in his papers that his lawyer incompetently represented him.

Avery signed the motions himself last Thursday, before Kathleen Zellner, a prominent Chicago-area defense attorney, took over his case. “There have been numerous motions and appeals filed, none of them successful to this point”, explains Bellin. It was declined because the President can not pardon someone convicted of a state criminal offense.