Making A Murderer v. The Justice System

Netflix has hit another home run with their latest true crime series Making A Murderer. By now you have seen it, if not you are wondering what everyone is talking about and likely secretly judging America for their latest binge watching obsession. 

This story goes beyond a normal Netflix binge watch session. Sure I have been known to sit down and binge watch Orange is the New Black or Jessica Jones but Making A Murderer is different. It's real.  For ten grueling WTH episodes my family watched, jaws dropped, and wondered just what the hell happened to Teresa Halbach in Mantiowoc County. So many questions left unanswered who did it?  How did the jury convict on such shaky evidence?  Is there a set-up at work?  Why does the county have it out for the Averys?  Why did Steven Avery's 16-year-old learning disabled nephew not get a fair trial? What is going on with the lawyers in Mantiowoc County?  

Like I said so, so, so many questions left unanswered and now has most of the country playing judge, jury, victim advocate, and defense attorney.  Since my binge on this show I have tried reading everything I can get my hands on about the case.  From the absurd Yelp! reviews left for the lead prosecutor (which some were pretty funny) to the very serious petition that is circulating to get Steven Avery a new trial, you can find that here.

I have yet to sign the petition because honestly I don't know if he did it or not.  What I do know is that there was a serious miscarriage of justice.

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The filmmakers in this whole deal deserve a HUGE round of applause for starting a dialogue about justice, what it means when you don't have the best education or money and what that looks like to the system. And even raises the question is this a systemic problem or is this isolated to one county, in one state? The two women who made the film were grabbed by Steven Avery's wrongful conviction of rape when they were in film school in New York.  They knew they wanted to make a movie and for ten years they moved to Manitowoc County and started filming.  That's the short version of it but what dedication and foresight.

Okay, enough of all the commentary.  It's a great documentary if you haven't watched it, I would encourage you to do so.  It will at the very least get your mind racing.  In the meantime if you have watched it, here were some of my favorite examples of the Internet winning the day.

And my favorite: