If you have a working laptop/tablet/TV/phone and a Netflix subscription, it’s highly likely you’re suffering from a serious case of Tired Eye Syndrome after staying up late to watch its latest binge-inducer, Making A Murderer.
If that’s not you: GET WITH THE PROGRAM, because it’s fkn great.
The series deconstructs the alleged framing of embattled Manitowoc County man Steven Avery (and his nephew, Brendan Dassey) by local police for the 2005 murder of photojournalist Teresa Halbach; the same cops who already dun flubbed by finding him guilty for a crime DNA later proved he didn’t commit, after his spending a casual 18 years behind bars.
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In the last episode of Making a Murderer, we learn that Steve’s exhausted all of his appeals, and requests his entire case file in an attempt to mount his own legal fight as our knights in shining justice Dean Strang and co-counsel Jerry Buting bow out of the equation (though they’ve said they’re still in touch with Steve on a regular basis, and would happily rep him again if he gets a new trial).
~ 4ever our heroes ~
Now that the show has gone boonta, however, Steve’s probably recognised now is the time to kick things up a notch and has hired new legal representation from Kathleen Zellner, a Chicago attorney, and Tricia Bushnell, the legal director for the Midwest Innocence Project.
Visit w/Steven Avery at Waupon CC. He is identical to the other 17 innocent men we’ve cleared. Won’t quit until he’s out. #MakingAMurderer
— Kathleen Zellner (@ZellnerLaw) January 12, 2016
They’re not here to fuck spiders, having already filed several motions before the Wisconsin Court of Appeals, asking a judge to throw out his conviction – for which Steve’s currently serving a life sentence, as is Brendan – on the grounds of prejudicial treatment.
The basic gist of the appeal is that Steve says the 12 jurors were tainted; he claims one juror made repeated comments that he was “fucking guilty” and also told the other jurors, “If you can’t handle it why don’t you tell them [the judge] and just leave.”
Steve also argues the search that produced the evidence largely responsible for his guilty verdict – including his blood in Teresa’s vehicle, and her car key in his caravan – was illegal, in that it exceeded the limits set by the search warrant itself.
It goes on and on and on and on, but bottom line is he reckon the cops had more than enough of an opportunity to plant incriminating evidence (which, if you’ve watched the show, is scarily obvious).
The anticipated due date for Avery’s motions is February 11, so watch this space.
Source: wbay.com.
