‘Making a Murderer’ Pardon Petitions Garner 100000 Signatures

In 2007, Avery was convicted by a jury in Calumet County, Wis., of the murder of photographer Teresa Halbach.

Avery has maintained his innocence, and is working on his own case from prison.

So many curiosities, in fact, that more than 19,000 people have signed a White House petition urging a pardon of Avery and Dassey “for their alleged involvement in the murder of Teresa Halbach”.

About 190,000 signatures have been collected between two petitions aimed at freeing “Making a Murderer” subject Steven Avery.

Avery was sentenced to life in prison without parole. It now has 19,000 signatures and must reach 100,000 by January 19 in order to receive an official White House response. More than 100,000 people have signed online petitions launched back in December around the same time the 10-part series was released.

Unless you’ve been living under a rock over the festive season you’ve probably spotted friends and family recommending Netflix’s massively popular Making A Murderer on every social media channel known to man.

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None of Halbach’s DNA was ever discovered inside of Avery’s home, where the prosecution claimed she was raped and shot in the head. When DNA testing confirmed the identity of the actual rapist almost two decades later, Avery was exonerated.

Two years later, Avery brought a $36 million lawsuit against Manitowoc County, Wisconsin for the wrongful conviction.

The current sheriff of Manitowoc County has also responded, telling a Post-Crescent reporter: “I won’t call it a documentary, because a documentary puts things in chronological order and tells the story as it is”.

Dassey, Avery’s nephew, was also convicted for his involvement in the same case.

Avery, a “blue-collar” worker who worked with cars says in the series: “I had a good life until all the trouble started”.

Numerous comments on the Change.org petition are lengthy, with passionate pleas for Avery and Dassey’s release.

When a series like Making A Murderer becomes a global sensation, it’s only a matter of time before things start to get political. Shortly after new evidence exonerated him, Avery was charged with murder and was found guilty after the prosecution appeared to make a case based on biased and planted evidence.