Has anyone else watched this 10 part series on Netflix?
Me & my partner finished it at the weekend & found it compelling viewing. I would heartily recommend to anyone who is looking for something to watch.
Below is the description from IMDB;
‘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.’
Warning. It will make you scream at the TV in frustration & put you off ever going to Wisconsin
I’ve watched it all and like you, found myself rooting for the guy.
However, there’s a part of me that does feel a bit manipulated since it seems there was prosecution evidence that didn’t make it on the screen that tempers my view of the aggrieved innocent. I also found it odd that throughout there was almost no discussion or examination of any other possible suspects. It seems his brothers (who hardly figured at all) had previous for similar crimes.
Compelling viewing nonetheless.
We have just finished watching it. A very compelling story. It was a great insight into the legal system. It had me shaking my head and saying “are you kidding me?” on many occasions.
There should be a big SPOILER alert.
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I found it addictive and disturbing. Not convinced of his innocence, but trial appeared to be a farce, more so for his borderline mentally disabled nephew. That was a hideous joke.
Incredibly distressing, thoroughly compelling documentary series. ‘Kafkaesque nightmare’ is an overused expression, but completely appropriate on this occasion.
I’ve long had an interest in miscarriages of justice and this is one of the most glaring examples I have ever come across.
In particular, the treatment of the nephew, who, apparently, has an IQ of 70, though I would question if it is even that high, by the investigating detectives, his own public defender and the judges was a disgrace to the justice system.
It reinforced the obvious point that one does not want to get caught in the gears of the justice system if one is poor and uneducated.
Can’t speak for any other countries, but in England and Wales the bulk of people caught in the gears of the justice system are (relatively) poor and uneducated. Those convicted, it has to be said, are almost always guilty, albeit not necessarily of the exact thing of which they were convicted.