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‘Making A Murderer’ Leaves Viewers With Questions About Steven Avery

By Mandy Robinson
Published on: 12:42 PST, Dec 28, 2015

The new show Making a Murderer is a huge hit on Netflix. This show just has one season so far and it is 10 episodes long. Now that many viewers have had time to watch the entirety of this show about Steven Avery, the viewers have a lot of questions. People shared the main questions that everyone has posed about the case of Steven Avery when trying to figure out if he is really a criminal or not. This show about Steven Avery is perfect for any true crime fan.

This show talks about Steven Avery’s wrongful 1985 conviction for sexual assault. It was overturned, but then he was convicted and sentenced to life for the 2005 murder of photographer Teresa Halbach. Steven Avery insists that, once again, he is innocent and didn’t commit the crime. Steven is very insistent that he was only put back in prison because of a $36 million lawsuit against the county and authorities. He only got $400,000 of the settlement. He claims it all had to do with his first arrest.

Steven Avery is now in jail, again, and people wonder if he is innocent or not. Wisconsin’s Waupun Correctional Institution is where he is staying, but his lawyers admit that it doesn’t look good for Avery when it comes to trying to get out of prison a second time. They need to find new evidence or a new witness to clear his name; at this time, neither appears to be happening.

When Steven Avery got out of jail the first time, Wisconsin Innocence Project helped him out when DNA was located linking someone other than Avery to the case he was in jail for. Now, many are curious to know if the organization will get involved once again. On Making a Murderer, they admitted that they refused to help him again. They actually shared a statement on their site saying, “As you will learn through the series, a member of the Innocence Network is currently looking into some aspects of [Avery’s] case.” It does sound like there may be a chance that they could decide to help Steven Avery once again, but for now, that is not the case.

There is also a lot of confusion about whether Brendan Dassey is guilty or if he was just convinced to give a confession. He did file an appeal, but it was declined and they are still working on the case. His lawyers filed a federal habeas petition, but a judge has yet to rule on it. If everything works out, Dassey could end up getting out of jail.

Steven Avery has run out of money to pay for lawyers. On the show, it looks like he may defend himself. A petition has been started with the intent to get the Obama administration to look into Steven Avery’s case. So far, the petition only has around 7,000 signatures and it will need a lot more to get President Obama to look at this case.

A website for Steven Avery has been set up and even takes donations to help with his legal fees. The fact that Netflix has brought this case into the public eye could end up getting Steven Avery enough money to help him out with legal fees and to hire a lawyer. If this happens, then Avery may stand a much better chance of finding a way to get some legal help instead of having to do it all on his own.

Do you think Steven Avery belongs behind bars this time? Do you want to see him get out? Sound off in the comments below, or, if you haven’t seen it yet, you can check out Making a Murderer on Netflix.

[Image via Calumet County Jail]

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