Netflix : Making a Murderer (Contains Spoilers)

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Is anyone else enthralled by this story? I finished it last night. Fascinating stuff.
I know the documentary is heavily biased in the case of Steven Avery, but how the hell has it got to this point?

Not only being wrongly convicted of the first crime, but to then get arrested for a second crime and go through the whole trial to get found guilty *and* all his appeals and avenues exhausted? All in the face of the evidence that points to him not receiving a fair trial and being set up.....to have his appeals denied and original verdicts upheld is even more staggering than the original verdict itself IMO.

Anyway, anyone else watched it?
 
Yes. The documentary missed out a lot!! It is not so cut and dried as they make out. You'd have to think either a) every juror was a brain dead utter moron or b) the documentary missed out evidence which made the jurors find him guilty. Whether that evidence can be completely trusted is another matter.

It was utterly wrong the way they went after that young dimble brain and he was clearly making stuff up!
 
I binged on it in a day over Xmas. I couldn't stop. Whilst I agree they left out some evidence that would have worked against the defendant they also left out some from the other side. I've seen and read a variety of interviews with the 2 directors and they had to leave out a fair bit of evidence just to condense what was a 6 week trial into 10 episodes, 9 of which were relating to the trial.

I'm not 100% sure he's innocent but there's no doubt he didn't have a fair trial. From the local media frenzy that seemed to have decided he was guilty from the start to the dire financial implications for the local police. But, the thing that blew my mind was Brendan Dasseys first lawyer. What an utter c##t. He effectively suggested before the trial that his client was guilty!!!!

One of the scenes that still lingers with me was in the final episode when the lawyers that had worked for Avery were sat around a table. One said that a part of him hopes that Avery is guilty because if not what does that say about their judicial system..........
 
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Yeah I remember that scene (Considering I only finished it a couple of days ago lol)

I've also been doing some reading and while I certainly don't know all the facts...from what I do know I think he's innocent.
Like yourself though, there's no way he had a fair trial.

Too much of it just doesn't add up.
As for Brendan Dassey, that's beyond reprehensible how they can do that to a less-than-intelligent child just to (in my opinion) get a charge to stick against Avery.
 
I don't like Avery. He killed his cat in a cruel and horrible way so I'm happy he's banged up. Some might find that a tad harsh... but it does mean if he didn't kill her then whoever did is free to kill someone else. My money is on the ex boyfriend. Isn't he friends with another Avery? They had an iffy alibi and it's invariably someone the victim knew well. Perhaps he thought she was shagging Avery and that's why he killed her and fitted him up? Then dubious police came along and made sure it stuck by planting further evidence so they'd avoid a potential massive payout?
 
Yes - I have watched the whole thing and also was enthralled. I am by no means certain that Avery is innocent of the murder (although it would defy all logic for him to have done it) but I am certain that neither he nor Brendan Dassey received a fair trial. I also find it completely plausable that the police framed him - and found the DA Katz to be completely repellent in all ways.

I was genuinely upset watching the episodes showing Dassey being questioned... even more so when it was at the hands of his own legal team.
 
I'm not 100% on whether he is innocent too but its hard to believe the reliability of their trials has not been thrown out given whats been shown, which regardless of bias, is as sketchy as hell.

DA Katz makes my skin crawl, what a repulsive man.
 
I started watching the first episode yesterday but got a little distracted and didn't really get into it, sounds like it's worth sticking at though.
 
Everyone in work has been watching it - it's been the main topic of office conversation for a few weeks.

I think I'm in the minority, but after all the reading I've done since seeing the documentary I'm actually around 70/30 towards him being responsible for killing her.
And if it wasn't him, I'm convinced that it was another family member living in that junkyard.

Whether he's 'legally' guilty is another matter though.
I think there's enough reasonable doubt to drive a bus through, and I don't believe the police were above manipulating some of the evidence to bolster their case.

However, what I'm totally gobsmacked about is the guilty verdict for Brendan Dassey.
His interviews were just really uncomfortable to watch.
The poor kid obviously didn't have a clue what was happening and was blindly guessing at the 'right' answers. His version of events makes no sense whatsoever and it doesn't even really match the available evidence.
How he could be convicted on the basis of that is completely beyond me.

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I started watching the first episode yesterday but got a little distracted and didn't really get into it, sounds like it's worth sticking at though.
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First couple of episodes are a bit slow to get going, but definitely worth sticking at it.
 
Have just downloaded it, as I've heard rave reviews, am looking forward to it
 
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