The conduct of the Law Enforcement (...)
The most shocking and disappointing thing is that jury in both cases returned verdicts on the evidence offered (...)
Just....WTF?!
When they checked the DNA (...) Also the vial (...) The whole thing stinks of corruption (...) Any decent lawyer (...)
The strength of this documentary is that it is absolutely biased, so it skipped through almost entire prosecution statement and filtered out the picture painted to judge and jury, just to show you that glimpse of the evil happening on the other side of the bench.
We only see the public facing nature of Avery family through tiny, little slip ups in the documentary - from the third party anecdotes about Steven chasing passing cars while rubbing his bishop, through defence quoting that "he does not even own any underwear" to brief mentions that some of the family members were perhaps convicted before. The picture of one big happy family being torn apart and everyone in the hood maintaining their support for Avery's and Dassey's is far from what people directly involved in the trial saw them as at the time. This was a "*****" family of numerous convicted thugs and rapists (without taking Steven's cases into account) and family member molesters producing endless chain of misdemeanor and crime stats across several generations. Family that hated everyone and each other and were ready to point fingers at each other during and after the trials.
Everything you see in "Making a Murderer" is filtered. That innocent, loving Jodi, the second girlfriend, is a serial convicted felon with 25 cases against her ranging from repeated DUI to counterfeiting cheques. She doesn't get her life back on track until plea bargain forces her to cut ties with Avery's and move away from Manitowoc. You see it briefly in later episodes, but what you don't see is that she actually thinks Steven is guilty. And that she was scared for her life even when he was in prison. All I am saying is - after looking at 10 episodes, we don't even start to comprehend what this family was to the people and neighbours around them.
But because we had this rose tinted glasses put by the makers of the series, we could see what others were blind to or willing to overlook. We saw the entire legal apparatus, complete with law enforcement, several judges, attorneys and jury of 12 peers go out of their way and allow themselves to fake evidence, bend the boundaries of the legal system and turn their eyes away, because they despised that hick, that "*****" element so much. The civilised society vs "the stupids".
"I can find no good in any member. These people are pure evil. A friend of mine suggested:
'This is a one-branch family tree. Cut this tree down. We need to end the gene pool here.' " as the member of the
defence team at some point put in writing. And cut the tree they tried and bury them deep they wanted. And you watch and you know that part of human nature isn't just some fin de siecle story, the weak side of the last generation. It's in all of us. You would not believe it if it was shown to you in any different way.
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