Manitowoc Sheriff’s message for ‘Making a Murderer’ filmmakers

Manitowoc County Sheriff Robert Hermann is addressing lies, rumors and misconceptions about the case of Steven Avery following the release of Netflix hit “Making a Murderer”, a 10-part series that’s made his department target of threats and harassment.

Avery is challenging the validity of the original search warrant, he also claims his due process rights were violated, and he says the conviction can’t stand because of the way in which an alternative juror was selected. After his release, Avery filed a lawsuit against Manitowoc County for wrongful conviction and imprisonment. After all, Avery was wrongly convicted of rape in the 1980s, only to be exonerated after serving 18 years inside.

Brendan Dassey and Steven Avery are the subjects of the Netflix docuseries “Making a Murderer”. The series calls into question the investigation and trial that put Avery and his nephew, Dassey, behind bars, and alleges that the investigators and police in the case planted evidence and otherwise manipulated the outcome of the trial.

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.

Finally, Avery claims one juror in his trial had already decided Avery’s guilt and repeatedly told other jurors “He is (profanity) guilty”. “I can’t see him as a guilty person”, she says.

But as far as as the several motions filed by Avery, Bellin says, “The chance that the Court of Appeals would actually reverse that decision or make a different decision in light of Mr. Avery’s life sentence is probably zero”.

The Wisconsin Attorney General’s Office could not immediately be reached for comment on Tuesday. “Brendan is my half-brother in prison and is mentioned in the new Netflix Series, Making A Murderer”.

On Friday, the public learned that Illinois-based attorney Kathleen Zellner’s law firm along with Tricia Bushnell, legal director of the Midwest Innocence Project, will be taking his case.

Avery’s defense also implied key pieces of evidence in this case could have been planted, and that Avery was framed.