Making a Murderer (Netflix)

[Gayle_Force]

I like many others got hooked on this documentary over the holidays. The documentary highlights the life of Steven Avery, who was wrongfully convicted of rape in 1985 and spent 18 years in jail only to be released in 2003 when new evidence was found in the case. About two years after the release he was convicted again of murder and has been sentenced for life. The documentary raises a lot of questions about his murder trial and the methods used by authorities to convict Steven Avery.

I personally found this documentary very intriguing as it highlights flaws with American Judicial system and corruption within its authorities. There are two petitions going around asking for his pardon and both have reached over 100,000 signatures.

The documentary has created doubts in my minds about his guilt. However, I am not fully convinced that he was not guilty either as I do find his character a little shady.

Has anyone else watched the documentary or followed the story? If so do you think he was guilty the second time around?

 

[Relapse]

Seems interesting. It is available on netflix as well. Would check it out.

 

[from_da_lost_dim3nsion]

Seems interesting. It is available on netflix as well. Would check it out.

Its a Netflix original so it'll be on netflix pretty much everywhere.The series is alright.

 

[anuk]

heard a lot about it on the news recently. don't think i can invest 10+ hours on a doco about a single murder investigation.

 

[Relapse]

Its a Netflix original so it'll be on netflix pretty much everywhere.The series is alright.

Watched the first three episodes. Brought tears to my eyes. Felt conflicted at the end of Episode 3. Will get back after i get done with the season.

 

[Gayle_Force]

Watched the first three episodes. Brought tears to my eyes. Felt conflicted at the end of Episode 3. Will get back after i get done with the season.

Yea it definitely raises a lot of questions about the justice system.

 

[mnt1]

This series was boring compared to the The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst. Robert Durst was a much more compelling subject than Avery.

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[90MPH]

Just started to watch this series today but so far very promising.

 

[Yaasir]

Extremely riveting documentary. Loved it. Feel sorry for Steven Avery.

 

[90MPH]

Just shocked, absolutely shocked that the American justice could be so flawed.

And to keep totally innocent people in Jail on such flimsy evidence.

Highly recommend this series, it will open people's eyes.

 

[Gotham Cronie]

I would recommend that everyone who watched the documentary listen to "Rebutting a Murderer" as well. Short podcast of 10 episodes I believe that are about 10 minutes each.

Presents the other side. Would be interested in knowing your opinions then.

 

[90MPH]

I would recommend that everyone who watched the documentary listen to "Rebutting a Murderer" as well. Short podcast of 10 episodes I believe that are about 10 minutes each.

Presents the other side. Would be interested in knowing your opinions then.

I firmly believe the kid Brendon is totally innocent.

On Steven not 100% sure but I will give him the benefit of the doubt.

However the main issue here is rampant Police corruption that is convicting people first and then finding the evidence to fit the crime. Not just that but the whole justice system is geared totally in finding someone guilty at all costs without giving the accused a fair trail.

Not just that money talks. If you are poor you almost have zero chance because lawyers like Len have no interest in helping you.

And the prosecutor was a total creep. Something is definitely disuturingly wrong about the Wisconsin Justice system.

 

[Gotham Cronie]

I firmly believe the kid Brendon is totally innocent.

On Steven not 100% sure but I will give him the benefit of the doubt.

However the main issue here is rampant Police corruption that is convicting people first and then finding the evidence to fit the crime. Not just that but the whole justice system is geared totally in finding someone guilty at all costs without giving the accused a fair trail.

Not just that money talks. If you are poor you almost have zero chance because lawyers like Len have no interest in helping you.

And the prosecutor was a total creep. Something is definitely disuturingly wrong about the Wisconsin Justice system.

Did you listen to Rebutting a Murderer?

 

[90MPH]

Did you listen to Rebutting a Murderer?

No I haven't, but point remains that Police corruption is rampant in parts of Wisconsin, maybe other states as well.

 

[SL_Fan]

Making a Murderer: Brendan Dassey has conviction overturned

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Brendan Dassey, one of the men who were the focus of the critically acclaimed Netflix documentary Making a Murderer, has had his conviction overturned.

Dassey, 26, had been convicted of first-degree intentional homicide, second-degree sexual assault, and mutilation of a corpse.

He was serving a sentence of 41 years jail in Columbia Correctional Institution in the US state of Wisconsin.

He was not due for parole until 2048.

Dassey's case was resurrected in court by the Northwestern University's Centre on Wrongful Convictions of Youth.

Their argument hinged on the claim that Dassey's confession was forced, and that he was "fed" details of the case by his police interrogators.

During the original investigation Dassey, who is said to have a low IQ, was questioned three times with no legal representation or adult present.

Dassey initially confessed but then later recanted his confession.

He was 17 at the time.

The decision by a federal judge in Milwaukee to overturned the conviction means Dassey could be a free man within 90 days.That would presume that the state of Wisconsin does not attempt to refile the charges.

 

[SL_Fan]

Unbelievable that it took this long for this to happen. Really feel for the guy hope he sues them for all they are worth. Those so called investigators, cops and the prosecution who knowingly coerced him into making those bogus admissions for their own gains should be ashamed of themselves. Absolute skum.

 

[Saj]

I've just started watching this series and have watched the first 3 episodes.

Fascinating viewing and incredible story of the first trial that Avery got sentenced for.

 

[Major]

Just broke me heart when Brendan says to his mom that he is stupid.

Poor guy had no idea it what trouble he had placed himself in. TO me he was innocent

 

[Saj]

Up to episode 8.

Incredible viewing and amazing levels of research.

 

[SL_Fan]

Good timing

Season two is not far off now maybe end of this year or early next year I would reckon.

 

[SL_Fan]

For those who have seen it what's your take on it. Who did it? Scott Tadych is real sus for mine.

 

[Saj]

Good timing

Season two is not far off now maybe end of this year or early next year I would reckon.

Yes I just read that season 2 is on the way. Should be great viewing.

 

[Gayle_Force]

There has been some developments on this case since the documentary was released. The biggest one being that Brendan Dassey's case was overturned couple of months ago.

 

[SL_Fan]

Yeah it sounds like season two is really going to set the cat among the pigeons with Zellner now in the mix. According to the cellphone records apparently Halbach was still alive after she left the Avery property.

 

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[Saj]

Update

Appeals court blocks 'Making a Murderer' inmate's release.

A Wisconsin prison inmate whose case was featured in the Netflix series "Making a Murderer" will stay behind bars while state attorneys appeal a decision overturning his conviction, a panel of federal appellate judges ruled Thursday.

Brendan Dassey's release from prison appeared imminent right up until the three-judge panel from the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago issued its decision. Television crews and reporters were staking out the prison in Portage where Dassey is being held, waiting for him to walk out at any minute, when the ruling came down around midday.

"We are disappointed more than words can say," Dassey's attorneys, Steve Drizin and Laura Nirider, said in a statement posted online shortly after the ruling was released. "The fight goes on."

Dassey, now 27, was sentenced to life in prison in 2007 in the death of photographer Teresa Halbach two years earlier. He confessed to detectives that he helped his uncle, Steven Avery, rape and kill Halbach in the Avery family's salvage yard in Manitowoc County. Avery was sentenced to life in prison in a separate proceeding.

Avery and Dassey contend they were framed by police angry with Avery for filing a lawsuit against the county over his wrongful imprisonment for a sexual assault he didn't commit. He's pursuing his own appeal in state court.

Their cases gained national attention last year after Netflix aired "Making a Murderer," a multi-part documentary examining Halbach's death. The series spawned widespread conjecture about the pair's innocence. Authorities who worked on the cases said the documentary was biased but the series generated calls from the public to free both men.

U.S. Magistrate Judge William Duffin ruled in August that investigators coerced Dassey, who was 16 years old at the time and suffered from cognitive problems, into confessing and overturned his conviction. Duffin said in the decision that if state attorneys appealed the ruling Dassey would remain in prison pending a resolution.

The state Justice Department filed an appeal that is still working its way through the 7th Circuit. But this week Duffin ordered Dassey released from prison by 8 p.m. Friday.

The DOJ filed an emergency motion with the 7th Circuit on Wednesday seeking to block the release, arguing Duffin's release order contradicts his original ruling in which he said Dassey would remain in prison pending the appeal's resolution, Dassey's interrogators used techniques that courts around the country have repeatedly approved and Dassey presents a danger to society.

Drizin and Nirider countered with a filing that argued Dassey has behaved in prison and the state hasn't identified any harm that might come from his release.

The 7th Circuit judges — Frank Easterbrook, Kenneth Ripple and David Hamilton, issued a two-page ruling Thursday saying only that the state's emergency motion was granted and Dassey will remain behind bars pending the outcome of the appeal.

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news...-murderer-release-blocked-20161117-story.html

 

[Saj]

Making a Murderer season 2: When does it return to Netflix?

The highly anticipated second instalment of the Making a Murderer story will land on Netflix on October 19, Netflix has now confirmed.Making a Murderer season 2: How many episodes are there?

Making a Murderer Part Two will be made up of ten episodes.
Making a Murderer season 2: Is it the same team?

Emmy Award-winning filmmakers Laura Ricciardi and Moira Demos return to document part 2 of the story.

"Steven and Brendan, their families and their legal and investigative teams have once again graciously granted us access, giving us a window into the complex web of American criminal justice," said executive producers, writers and directors Laura Ricciardi and Moira Demos.

"Building on Part 1, which documented the experience of the accused, in Part 2, we have chronicled the experience of the convicted and imprisoned, two men each serving life sentences for crimes they maintain they did not commit. We are thrilled to be able to share this new phase of the journey with viewers."

 

[Saj]

I've started watching series 2 and it's absolutely fascinating.

Very interesting and worth a watch.