There are approximately twenty thousand people wrongfully imprisoned in the United States prison system. Steven Avery, Brendan Dassey, and Adnan Syed are attempting to prove they are a part of this statistic. In the netflix documentary, Making of a Murder, and the podcast, Serial, the producers lay out the evidence against these three gentlemen. The raw and honest interviews in both these mediums, allow for an interesting dialog surrounding the story of innocence. One of the largest pieces of evidence in both cases is the confession of the crimes committed by an alleged accomplice. In both Making of a Murder and Serial, eyewitness testimonies are given. Jay Wilds and Brendan Dassey lay out an unusual turn of events, highlighting themselves as the underdog in the crime, bowing down to evil murderous masterminds. However, it seems as if prosecutorial duties are forgotten during these trials. According to PoliceOne, there are six steps to determining of a witness is credible: youth, old age, …show more content…
As a sixteen year old boy, he was brought into the police station for questioning without parental supervision or legal council. During this interview, Dassey confesses to the crime of killing Teresa Halbach with Avery. He states that they, tie down Hallback to a four post bed and torture her with small precise cuts on her body, finally ending her life with slitting her throat “from ear to ear”. This testimonial confession was given under false pretences and later deemed inadmissible in court. Though this seems like a gruesome account of a horrific murder, the prosecution should have argued more heavily for Dassey’s legal rights. As a minor with handicap problems, Dassey should not have passed the fitness hearing to allow him to be tried as an adult. With proper counsel and psych evaluations, Dassey would have been proven incompetent due to mental