Making A Murderer Trailer

“They believe [he] was framed by law enforcement and that he deserves a new trial, and if he does receive a new trial, it should take place far away from Wisconsin”.

“Based on the evidence in the Netflix documentary series “Making a Murderer”, the justice system embarrassingly failed both men, completely ruining their entire lives”.

RICCIARDI: We do, we were contacted by one of the jurors who sat through Steven Avery’s trial and shared with us their thoughts. Demos and Ricciardi revealed the news this morning on the Today show.

A petition to the White House for President Obama to pardon Avery now has over 65,000 signatures, despite the fact that the president isn’t able to pardon because Halbach’s murder was not a federal crime.

Two years later, while he was suing Manitowoc County in Wisconsin over wrongful imprisonment, he was arrested over the death of 25-year-old photographer Teresa Halbach.

The ten-part “Making a Murderer” series did not include any interviews with the jurors who convicted Avery in 2007, but it did include comments from a juror who was excused from deliberations due to a family emergency.

This is the latest installment of Making a Murderer fan attention affecting real people’s lives outside of the Netflix sphere.

Demos and Ricciardi have been unable to independently verify the juror’s claims, but their revelation will only add to the fervent discussion about Avery’s trial sparked by the documentary, which was first released on Netflix two weeks ago.

Avery served 18 years in prison before DNA evidence exonerated him. “Why did you cast your vote for guilty?”

The unnamed juror who spoke with the filmmakers revealed that they only voted to find Avery guilty to protect themselves. Yet in 2005, Avery was again convicted and sentenced to jail, this time on murder charges. Since the series’ release in December major online petitions have surfaced on the White House website and petition site Change.org calling for Avery’s release.