A look at Netflix’s documentary “Making of a Murderer”

More than 2,400 people have signed a petition imploring Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker to pardon Steven Avery, the man convicted in 2007 of murdering 25-year-old Teresa Halbach – and the subject of the highly publicized Netflix documentary, “Making a Murderer”. Ricciardi also noted the juror believes law enforcement was behind some sort of framing of Avery and that he deserves a new trial – one located out of the state.

Filmmakers Moira Demos and Laura Ricciardi appeared on Tuesday’s Today show and shared some interesting tidbits. Now, new claims have surfaced from one of the jurors in Steven Averys trial that enforce the docs general presumption that Avery was framed for everything.

“They (Sheriff’s Office) are weathering a storm”, Manitowoc County Executive Bob Ziegelbauer said.

“They have a point of view, and I think the point of view unfairly characterizes us as a community”, Ziegelbauer said. “That was a conflict of interest”.

The pair were recently featured in Netflix’s Making a Murderer documentary series about the murder case. “Governor Walker has not watched this documentary”, Patrick said in an email.

Netflix says more than a million subscribers have watched the series.

Beernsten opened up about her discovery that she’d falsely identified Steven Avery as the perpetrator of her violent assault, detailing her emotional reaction to Avery’s exoneration.

Steven Avery and Brendan Dassey are each serving life sentences in the death of Teresa Halbach – Avery without the possibility of parole.

“The juror contacted us directly…and went on to describe the jurors ultimately trading votes in the jury room and explicitly discussing, “If you vote guilty on this count, I will vote not guilty on this count, ‘” Ricciardi said”.

When questioned as to how they reached the guilty verdict, the juror told the documentary makers that they “feared for their personal safety”.

Though Beernsten appeared in “Making a Murderer”, she declined to be interviewed for the documentary because she was wary of the filmmakers’ relationship with Avery and his family, explaining, “They were very convinced that he was innocent”.

“The evidence absolutely supported his conviction”, says special prosecutor on the case, Ken Kratz. “I’m not upset at all with the general public who has expressed such angst over the case”.

The series has triggered a strong response from viewers, including a Change.org petition that’s collected upwards of 260,000 signatures as of Tuesday and a White House petition that’s collected more than 70,000 calling for justice for Avery, and that’s exactly what the show’s creators were aiming for.