Last night I finished watching the 10 part show Making a Murder on Netflix. I was wondering if any of you had seen it? If so, what were you thoughts on it? I found it to be very troubling on several different levels.
My wife and I watched it a couple weeks ago, if things happened the way that the documentary portrays them, it's very concerning. I have a general distrust of authority to begin with and I can't say that this was very consoling
Eh, Steven Avery did it. He's a pos, and deserves to be sitting in prison. Did authority's help get him there? Who knows. People need to realize that show was made for entertainment purposes.
"Spoiler alert" in my take... Finished it last week. The documentary shows the severely flawed judicial system with a clear lean in the pro-Avery camp. Based on the records of his brothers and eventual brother-in-law , sure seems like law enforcement was focused on getting their man rather than finding the killer considering there was clearly one suspect. The brothers had a history of violence towards women as did Scott T. Sadly the authorities also had to take down a 16 year old kid who only wanted to watch Wrestlemania while giving his murder confession in order to get Avery. My one BIG takeaway - there is no way to get an unbiased jury when the prosecution is able to present their case to the media unfiltered with their story ahead of trial. First opinions are hard to change, and after listening to a one sided story, he was "guilty" and his defense needed to go a long way to get him back to innocence. With a 7/3/2 split initially of not guilty, seems to me several strong opinions on the jury swayed the others. I think we all can agree that Kachinsky dude came away as the biggest villain, with several others (his investigator included) distant seconds, etc. His actions (or in-actions alone) helped the prosecution so much, without him there are 2 free men, IMO.
While I REALLY don't trust the police, I also don't trust the excuse we have for journalists these days. I don't have plans to watch Making a Murderer. I read up enough on it to realize that it's a one-sided show (not a documentary) made for entertainment. It all may be true, but it still left out half the story and forms the viewers opinion vs letting them make up their own mind.
I followed this story, before the big movie hype. We will never know the true story, and I believe there was a lot of cover ups by the legal system. With that being said I still have my suspicions about Steve Avery, and would never call him innocent!
