Making of a Murderer

[Saysayg]

Saw the program and my thoughts are guilty. I can see how he might have been set up...lots of good reasons why, but, his enemies would have gone to super guargantuan lenghts to set up all up. And, I don't think that his enemies had the smarts, time, ability, and expertise to do everything they had to do, especially the disposal of the body scenario. I do, however, his nephew was misrepresented, maybe innocent, and deserves to be retried.

[Janice]

I'm on episode 7 of Making a Murderer so will reserve my vote 'til the end but I'll tell you this: the antics and stupidity of law enforcement around this case are just staggering. Evidence tampering, withholding of information, improper/illegal interviews...it's quite breathtaking, really. You can't make this stuff up -- no one would believe you! I worked in criminal court in my very first career, and am just astonished at what the judge is/is not allowing. And as you point out, @saysayg, the business with the nephew is very troubling. Clearly, a boy with diminished capacity -- he should have been sent for an evaluation before his confession was used to support a charge of murder .

[George]

Saysayg wrote: "Saw the program and my thoughts are guilty. I can see how he might have been set up...lots of good reasons why, but, his enemies would have gone to super guargantuan lenghts to set up all up. And, ..."

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I've binged it at least once. Parts of it up two or three times, and think it excellently produced, no matter what the opinion on guilt might be. Speaking of gargantuan lengths, would Avery have the smarts to completely clear his house and garage of all blood and DNA except for a bullet that was found months later? I think maybe Sgt. Colborn found her car with her body in it, or her blood in it, and they decided to get rid of their $36,000,000 problem. Why else would he radio in the plates two days before the car was found?

[Shelley]

I had to take breaks while watching it. The DA, some of the cops and lawyers would get my so upset! Some were unbelievably arrogant, smug and untrustworthy. I do not believe they should have been convicted on the evidence I saw. Admittedly, we didn't see and hear all that the jury did.

[K.A.]

I tried to watch the show, but it was so poorly done, I couldn't continue. They were throwing everything at the wall to see if it would stick, whether it contradicted something they had just said or not. For example, in the very first episode, they discredited the police sketch by implying that the sketcher made the drawing from Avery's mugshot, so of course it looked like him! Not five minutes later, they stated that it had to be the other guy, because other people recognized him...from the police sketch! You can't have it both ways. Either it was made from Avery's picture, and therefore useless, or it was made from the victim's testimony, and therefore useful.

Don't know if the guy is guilty or not, but I certainly won't find out from this show.

[Rita]

K.A., I don't know what Dr. Phil is ranting about because I will not change my mind on GUILTY! PERIOD.

[Terri]

I think he is guilty but like others have said, law enforcement has made incredibly unreal choices

[Fishface]

K.A. wrote: "They were throwing everything at the wall to see if it would stick, whether it contradicted something they had just said or not."

Which, in the unofficial forensic work I do all the time, is a serious red flag indicating guilt. Some day I should finally watch this to see what all the hullabaloo is about.

[Amanda]

I've absolutely refused to watch it because from what I've all heard it has basically made a mockery of the who case and Teresa Halbach's death. I remember when it all happened, I was 15, and watching it all unfold on the news. I have no doubt that Steven Avery killed her.