Making A Murderer

[jolene]

I haven't watched it, but a friend told me the documentary has left out showing key evidence that led to his conviction making the viewer more sympathetic to Avery. I'm debating on whether I want to watch it.

[knight_shadow]

I binged it in about a day and a half and very much enjoyed it. Like Kevin said, it seems like there was a lot of reasonable doubt, but I won't go as far as saying "he's innocent," since the story was obviously crafted in Avery's favor.

Definitely interesting, though.

[ASTalumna06]

Originally Posted by jolene

I haven't watched it, but a friend told me the documentary has left out showing key evidence that led to his conviction making the viewer more sympathetic to Avery. I'm debating on whether I want to watch it.

Regardless of whether or not that's true (and I have no doubt that it is, based on the additional research I've done and the fact that they had to condense 6 weeks of a trial into less than 10 hours... or probably more like 6 hours), you really should watch it. Even if some evidence is missing, that's ultimately not what has everyone so outraged.

You'll only really understand if you watch it. It's sure to suck you in almost immediately.

[ASTalumna06]

And aside from the whole Avery side of it, the most frustrating thing to me was the whole Brendan Dassey part... A 16-year-old with an IQ of 70 who gave an inconsistent, coerced confession was convicted and put in jail for LIFE without any physical evidence. That deserves a huge W.T.F.

[knight_shadow]

Originally Posted by ASTalumna06

And aside from the whole Avery side of it, the most frustrating thing to me was the whole Brendan Dassey part... A 16-year-old with an IQ of 70 who gave an inconsistent, coerced confession was convicted and put in jail for LIFE without any physical evidence. That deserves a huge W.T.F.

His entire arc frustrated the hell out of me. The interrogators' questions were so leading (ex. the "what else happened to her head" thing made my blood boil) and the answers to their questions didn't even make sense most of the time.