with news and debates about Steven Avery's innocents or guilt. Avery had more than just twenty minutes of fame, but a whole documentary series on Netflix called “How to Make a Murderer”. Avery was convicted for a sexual assault in 1985, but found wrongfully committed after serving 18 years in 2003. He was found innocent by DNA evidence discovered from another sexually assault case matching a man that looked similar to Avery. Steven Avery is a short, rugged man. Avery was born 1962 in Wisconsin and ran a salvage junk yard. When Avery talks it is a noticeably strong northern accent. His known style was to put on some “jorts” and call it good, also known as cut off jean shorts. He would even wear them to press meetings after he became famous …show more content…
His offenses started with burglarizing a bar for which he served two years, went on to serve nine months for animal cruelty, and finally served six years for assaulting his cousin by running her off the road at gun point. The fact that the cousin he ran off the road was married to the county sheriff's deputy was the reason why Avery claimed the county had it out for him and why he was wrongfully sentenced to a sexual assault he never committed. His release from being wrongfully in prison triggered a major criminal justice reform. He tried suing the county for corruption in local law enforcement and to award him millions of dollars but in 2003 during the civil case, he became the suspect in a murder of a sales women. Avery was then charged in 2005 for the murder. The charges stood when the bone fragments and her keys were found in his salvage yard. Once again Avery used the excuse of the authorities trying to frame him. By 2005 Avery was not well liked once again in his community. People's Magazine stated that, “Avery neighbors portrayed him as a longtime menace who made them feel uncomfortable in their own community. Says one: "We feel safer with him in jail. He should be locked up and throw away the
This show is all about Steven Avery's wrongful 1985 conviction for sexual assault. It was overturned but then he was convicted and sentenced to life for the 2005 murder of photographer Teresa Halbach. Steven Avery insists that once again he is innocent and didn't do anything wrong. Steven is
sentenced to spend the rest of his life in prison. The case against him was largely
Olson knew that he was going to be put back in jail and was suspected on some of the other murders that he had committed.. So Olson made a deal with the prosecution. In his deal Olson' s family, (wife and son) were to be paid $10,000 for each of his victims. This was very controversial. In exchange Olson would provide the information on the known murders and gave the police direction to 6 outstanding bodies. Olson kept his part of the deal and so did the prosecution. The money was paid to Olson's family on schedule.
As I was completing this assignment, I was watching the infamous Netflix documentary entitled Making a Murderer. The documentary follows the story of Steven Avery, who is currently in prison for the death of a woman, Teresa Halbach, in 2005. Steven Avery has been denying any involvement in the murder of Teresa Halbach for the past eleven years. In the middle of the reading, the documentary was exploring and analyzing Steven Avery’s deviant behavior as a young man (Making). As I observed what was being discussed about Steven Avery, I was able to build the connection between how society, and the community from which he came from, perceived Steven Avery and what Kai Erikson discussed in the first couple pages of the book with regards to deviance and its relation with regards to society.
It started with one wrong decision that led to more wrong decisions, and that’s how he ended up where he is now, in jail.
Would you lie to them if you actually did it? This is a story of a teenager who was in a similar situation. His name is Adnan Syed. He was convicted of killing Hae Min Lee, his ex-girlfriend, in Maryland in 1999. 15 years later Sarah Koenig started a podcast, Serial.
After sitting in jail for a year, he was finally acquitted (found not guilty) and released.
In the documentary, Making a Murderer, a young man named Brendan Dassey is convicted for assisting in the murder of Teresa Halbach. He
He used to be a punk kid from Boston but then he turned his life around. He said this quote after getting out of jail “I did a lot of things that I regret and I certainly paid for my mistakes, you have to go and ask for forgiveness and it wasn’t until I really started doin right by other people as well as myself that I really started to feel that guilt away so I don’t have a problem going to sleep at night”. After getting out of jail he turned his life
Schulz present’s in her article that “Making a Murder” attempts to point out that it’s concern over the jury finding with certainty that Steven Avery had committed the murder when there is some evidence that he did not commit the
...s left behind in the room Ray rented, the prints were matched to James Earl Ray. He was a fugitive on the run from the Missouri State Penitentiary. Finally, after over a month of Ray being on the run and authorities having challenges locating him, he was captured and placed in custody on June 8, 1968. Ray was arrested in Heathrow Airport in London, apparently on his way to Rhodesia. On March 10, 1969, James Earl Ray pleaded guilty to first-degree murder and was given a sentence of 99 years in prison.
There were no DNA evidence that can prove that he was or is guilty, there are no cross statements by him nor his co-defendant, there were contradicting statements by each victim. There were little to no evidence.
The officers tampered with evidence and made a false discovery that he was the person and that is how he was convicted (Innocent Project N.D.). Many forensic methods have been implemented in research when looking for evidence, but the methods that are not scientific and have little or nothing to do with science. The result of false evidence by other means leads to false testimony by a forensic analyst. Another issue with forensic errors is that it is a challenge to find a defense expert (Giannelli, 2011).
Scott Peterson was convicted of first degree murder against his wife, Laci Peterson, and second degree murder of his unborn son, Connor. Peterson also faces life on death row. Evidence against Peterson was little to none and the jury found him guilty due to his little emotion during the trial. This trial was unfair and Peterson was wrongly convicted. I believe Scott Peterson is innocent.
We never want someone to go to jail for something they did not do but in the rape of Penny someone did and he stayed there for eighteen years. Steven Avery was well known to his community but not for anything good. He and his family were not farmers like everyone else and the Avery’s were known for causing trouble. This is what some believe caused him to be targeted by the Sheriff's Office.