US: Making a Murderer (Netflix)

[johnyccc]

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.

Trailer:

Has anyone else seen this? It's...fascinating. But disturbing.

I'm interested to see what others make of this case.

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I think although the documentary is inevitably biased, there seems an awful lot of evidence that the local PD acted in an unprofessional way. Probably a criminal way too. There has to be consequences for that surely? As for Steven, I am unsure. I would not be surprised if he did do it but I am not convinced the state proved this. And as for Brendan...he just seems to have so little idea what is going on, it's almost impossible to judge (although if I had to, I think he sounds the most honest when "confessing" to his mother over the phone. That and the original statement by his female cousin makes me lean slightly to him being guilty too).

It's well worth a watch but as I said, it is quite dark, depressing and unsettling.

I found the most heart breaking part of it watching his parents shuffle around on their aging limbs, a look of total despair on their faces..

 

[johnyccc]

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Oh I absolutely agree that the detectives acted in a shocking way. Their conduct and Brendans condition makes it very hard to judge anything he says and I remain far from convinced. But like I said, when listening to that phone call it seemed to ring a little truer to me. Just a gut feeling I guess. Not something that should be sending people to jail