‘Making A Murderer’ directors criticise media for ‘demonising’ Avery

Petitions launched on Change.org and at the White House have asked for a presidential pardon for both Avery and his nephew Brendan Dassey.

“The story is still unfolding, so we’ll certainly take a look at it. It was a remarkable turn of events in the last couple weeks of the year”. “They’ve been in that bubble of talking to the press, more so than we’ve been talking to each other even”.

“Steven does not have access to the series”, Laura Ricciardi, one of the show’s executive producers, said at a Sunday panel according to entertainment news site Decider. “We took our cues from prosecution, what they thought was the most compelling evidence”.

“As we said before, in relation to this story, this story is ongoing, these cases are open”, said Demos. “It’s real life. You don’t know what will happen”. So we are ready to follow these if there are significant developments. Avery’s subsequent lawsuit was ostensbly on the brink of exposing corruption in local law enforcement when he found himself the primary suspect in a new case: The murder of a young photographer named Teresa Halbach.

Filmmakers Moira Demos and Laura Ricciardi will be answering viewers’ questions on Twitter at noon Central time on Wednesday. Northwestern University’s Center on Wrongful Convictions staff attorney Steven Drizin joins us to discuss the documentary series and what’s next for his client.

You may well be among the large group of people who, since Christmastime, has been inundated with raves, opinions and theories from friends and family about the Netflix documentary series Making a Murderer. “When we filmed with her nine years ago, this is what she was saying to us”. “We’re not putting on a trial, but a film”.

Ricciardi stressed that she and Demos “showed Steven Avery, warts and all”.

However, it really depends on Ricciardi and Demos. Ricciardi said she would not want to be treated by the criminal justice system the way Avery was.

The series has sparked debate over what was included in the documentary, with some raising questions about bias – including HLN anchor Nancy Grace.

‘We absolutely have a point of view.

These statements are not assurance, though, that a second series is indeed in the making or would hit Netflix anytime soon.