Good Sunday evening.
I watched this 10 part documentary (and posted on Dana Jean's Documentary thread). I watched a second time to make sure I hadn't imagined it.
Filmed over a 10-year period, Making a Murderer is an unprecedented real-life thriller about Steven Avery, a DNA exoneree who, while in the midst of exposing corruption in local law enforcement, finds himself the prime suspect in a grisly new crime. Set in America's heartland, the series takes viewers inside a high-stakes criminal case where reputation is everything and things are never as they appear. Written by Netflix
It's getting a lot of press and social media is talking about it still. There's a petition to have Steve Avery and his nephew Brendan Dassey pardoned.
Pardon Steven Avery and Brendan Dassey for their alleged involvement in the murder of Teresa Halbach. | We the People: Your Voice in Our Government
I think it's sorta goofy to ask for them to be pardoned -even if could be done- based on a documentary.
Also, I don't agree with many people who believe the project creators intended to show Mr. Avery is innocent. I saw it as an example for American people to see how the judicial system is flawed. I think it is also very educational. Most people don't know how the judicial system works. And how it fails. (I have A LOT to say about this but I'll just sit down and shut up for now.)
Two things I feel comfortable stating,
I have heard and read people who watch this documentary get angry and curse, yell at the TV and get bent out of shape. I understand this behavior. I muttered a coupleof curses myself. (I studied and wrote papers on the subject and even I was appalled. Not surprised but definitely appalled.)
I hope the interest in this continues and grows. I think it's an opportunity to make things a little better.
Ya'll stay cool.
Peace
I watched this 10 part documentary (and posted on Dana Jean's Documentary thread). I watched a second time to make sure I hadn't imagined it.
Filmed over a 10-year period, Making a Murderer is an unprecedented real-life thriller about Steven Avery, a DNA exoneree who, while in the midst of exposing corruption in local law enforcement, finds himself the prime suspect in a grisly new crime. Set in America's heartland, the series takes viewers inside a high-stakes criminal case where reputation is everything and things are never as they appear. Written by Netflix
It's getting a lot of press and social media is talking about it still. There's a petition to have Steve Avery and his nephew Brendan Dassey pardoned.
Pardon Steven Avery and Brendan Dassey for their alleged involvement in the murder of Teresa Halbach. | We the People: Your Voice in Our Government
I think it's sorta goofy to ask for them to be pardoned -even if could be done- based on a documentary.
Also, I don't agree with many people who believe the project creators intended to show Mr. Avery is innocent. I saw it as an example for American people to see how the judicial system is flawed. I think it is also very educational. Most people don't know how the judicial system works. And how it fails. (I have A LOT to say about this but I'll just sit down and shut up for now.)
Two things I feel comfortable stating,
I don't know if Steve Avery is guilty or innocent but I feel pretty confident saying, I would bet my eye teeth that murder did not occur the way the prosecution stated. Far from it. And the fact the jury came back with a guilty verdict is frightening.
16 year old Brendan Dassey was betrayed by his attorney. Badly, badly betrayed. (It just reinforces my belief, if your child is picked up and questioned your child should say, "I want a attorney. I want an attorney. I want my parent. I want a attorney. I want an attorney and my parents." I have more to say about this as well.Ha!)
I have heard and read people who watch this documentary get angry and curse, yell at the TV and get bent out of shape. I understand this behavior. I muttered a coupleof curses myself. (I studied and wrote papers on the subject and even I was appalled. Not surprised but definitely appalled.)
I hope the interest in this continues and grows. I think it's an opportunity to make things a little better.
Ya'll stay cool.
Peace