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Commentary On The Film, Making A Murderer: Steven Avery

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Making a Murderer is a 10 episode documentary series on Netflix about a man from Wisconsin named Steven Avery, who spent 18 years in prison before DNA evidence helped him clear his name but then was accused of murder as soon as he got released. In 1985, his original prison sentence was for raping a woman before the DNA evidence released him and pointed to another man, who may have been a suspect when the rape originally was being investigated but police did nit entirely pursue. In 2005, a 25-year-old woman named Teresa Halbach had disappeared and was last seen visiting Avery. After human remains, Halbach’s car, and other evidence were found on the Avery family salvage lot, Avery was charged with murder. I could not pick a favorite moment
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They also find problems with evidence involving Teresa's RAV4, which was found on the Avery property, saying that there was a car crusher on location in the Avery Junkyard, and that any reasonable person would have destroyed the car, since they would’ve known that it could have been used as evidence against them. A great point is also brought up by them regarding Steven's blood being found in the car, saying that there were no fingerprints found in the car belonging to Steven, and that he would have needed to wear gloves, and even if he had worn gloves, then there would have been no way possible that he could have bled from his finger. It also doesn't make sense that the police suddenly found evidence in Avery's garage on March 1st of 2006, the bullet casings, even though they had been searching for 4 months prior without finding a shred of physical evidence. Lenk was also there when the search of the garage had happened, even though he was never even authorized to be there. And since he had mishandled a previous case that involved Steven Avery, which led to a wrong conviction that landed Steven Avery in an 18-year prison sentence for rape, a crime he didn’t commit, he was deposed as a result and relieved of his duties while also being sued by Avery on the basis of his wrongful conviction.

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