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Injustice: The Case Of Steven Avery And Brenden Dassey

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“Making a Murderer” tells the compelling legal narrative of Steven Avery, and his nephew Brenden Dassey. Through its eloquent display of their cases, the docuseries makes a phenomenal display of some of the biases and overarching issues in the United States Justice system. With its display of compelling evidence, “Making a Murderer” also shows where improvement in the justice system is desperately needed. Injustice, bias, and conflict of interest, all inhibit individuals' ability to secure a fair trial. The first evident display of injustice in the case of Steven Avery and Brenden Dassey is the jury’s bias. In the early days of this case, media coverage and the infamous press conference given by Ken Kratz, which described Avery as an “evil …show more content…

A vial of blood which was collected from Avery after his 1985 arrest was found to have been tampered with sometime after it was sealed away. The tape on the box had been broken and a small hole, the size of a syringe, was present at the top of the vial. This evidence was kept in possession by Manitowoc County and could only have been accessed by law enforcement or staff at the building. Manitowoc County remained paramount in the investigation, finding all pieces of evidence presented at trial, even after the case was turned over to Calumet County law enforcement. Although they claimed to have only provided help where necessary, conducting six separate searches of the trailer does not constitute lending a hand when Calumet has many officers of their own. By continuing to play an influential role in the investigation, the Manitowoc County Sheriff’s Office violated Steven Avery’s right to a fair trial. Since they had a deep-rooted history with Avery, including his 1985 false conviction, there was no conscionable reason to allow them to even help in this case for the fear of potential bias. This institutional level of misconduct, while not reflective of the entire justice system, reflects gaping holes in the ways in which departments are allowed to continue work on a case they've been removed

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