By: Inga Wegger
The Netflix television series “Making a Murderer” was released December 2015 and has become a huge success. The show features Steven Avery, a man who in 1985 got sentenced to prison and served there for 18 years for a rape he did not commit. On November 11th, 2005, he was sentenced to life in prison without parole for the murder of Teresa Halbach. Avery’s nephew, Brendan Dassey, a mentally limited young man, is also charged with the murder of Teresa Halbach even though his story is different than Avery’s. We see how he tells the police what they want to hear, and how he is tricked into confessing to crimes he may not have been a part, because there is no DNA evidence at the scenes matching the young man.
The show is filmed over a 10 year period, and follows every detail of Steven’s story. The show is not narrated, but features interviews and first-person footage of real-life events. It is exhilarating, intriguing, thought provoking and gives you the chills. The show makes you question the criminal justice system, but also the ones who claim to be innocent. We see how the Avery family handles the whole thing, and their ups and downs. We see how evidence is weirdly discovered, the thought process of the defense as well as the prosecution, and how they handle things to get what they want.
Even though there are clues that point to Manitowoc Sheriff's Department being involved in the murder, the producers of the show have the power to include what they want to include, and make you view things from a certain perspective, so I definitely think there is more to the story than we see.
Personally, I think this is one of the best documentaries I have seen, and by far the most thought-provoking and disturbing one. I recommend it to everyone interested in crimes and justice.
The show is filmed over a 10 year period, and follows every detail of Steven’s story. The show is not narrated, but features interviews and first-person footage of real-life events. It is exhilarating, intriguing, thought provoking and gives you the chills. The show makes you question the criminal justice system, but also the ones who claim to be innocent. We see how the Avery family handles the whole thing, and their ups and downs. We see how evidence is weirdly discovered, the thought process of the defense as well as the prosecution, and how they handle things to get what they want.
Even though there are clues that point to Manitowoc Sheriff's Department being involved in the murder, the producers of the show have the power to include what they want to include, and make you view things from a certain perspective, so I definitely think there is more to the story than we see.
Personally, I think this is one of the best documentaries I have seen, and by far the most thought-provoking and disturbing one. I recommend it to everyone interested in crimes and justice.
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