Making a Murderer is the 10 hour Netflix documentary that takes the stance that Steven is innocent. The first episode goes over the original incident. In 1985 Avery was falsely arrested for a crime he didn't commit and spent 18 years in prison for it. That part is undisputed. But then while a multimillion dollar lawsuit against the county was pending he was arrested again for murder.
This documentary gives us an in-depth look at the Avery family, and it ain't pretty. In the dictionary under "white trash" the Avery family photo should be shown. Steven was a criminal in the making who had as a kid set his cat on fire. He was then arrested for a rape that he didn't commit. He was exonerated 18 years later based on DNA evidence. The question is was he "made a murderer" in prison? My best guess is that he already had the predilection, but 18 years in prison for something he didn't do didn't help.
He's then arrested for the murder of a photographer and there is rock solid DNA evidence this time, but now he says it's a frame up. This documentary also gives an in-depth look at the county prosecutors and a photo of them should be in the dictionary under ineptness. They interrogate Steven's retarded nephew Brandan and get an illegitimate confession (he's a minor alone and is prompted to give one word responses). The case is made for an indictment of the system, but it does leave out much of the solid evidence against Steven. I'm pretty much positive that he's guilty in spite of the one-sidedness of the depiction here. And then near the end we get a glimpse of his new "girlfriend", some pathetic unattractive lady he never even met, but says he loves and wants to marry.
The show is well done, but does not give a fair representation of the other side, in part because there is no one of any integrity ON the other side. It really ends as an indictment of BOTH sides. I have no doubt that Steven is where he belongs; Brandan is much more ambiguous. 1. he's retarded, 2. his confession may be false, 3. he was a minor.
This documentary gives us an in-depth look at the Avery family, and it ain't pretty. In the dictionary under "white trash" the Avery family photo should be shown. Steven was a criminal in the making who had as a kid set his cat on fire. He was then arrested for a rape that he didn't commit. He was exonerated 18 years later based on DNA evidence. The question is was he "made a murderer" in prison? My best guess is that he already had the predilection, but 18 years in prison for something he didn't do didn't help.
He's then arrested for the murder of a photographer and there is rock solid DNA evidence this time, but now he says it's a frame up. This documentary also gives an in-depth look at the county prosecutors and a photo of them should be in the dictionary under ineptness. They interrogate Steven's retarded nephew Brandan and get an illegitimate confession (he's a minor alone and is prompted to give one word responses). The case is made for an indictment of the system, but it does leave out much of the solid evidence against Steven. I'm pretty much positive that he's guilty in spite of the one-sidedness of the depiction here. And then near the end we get a glimpse of his new "girlfriend", some pathetic unattractive lady he never even met, but says he loves and wants to marry.
The show is well done, but does not give a fair representation of the other side, in part because there is no one of any integrity ON the other side. It really ends as an indictment of BOTH sides. I have no doubt that Steven is where he belongs; Brandan is much more ambiguous. 1. he's retarded, 2. his confession may be false, 3. he was a minor.