Netflix's documentary 'Making a Murderer' explores the flawed justice system through the case of Steven Avery, who was wrongfully imprisoned for 18 years before being accused of a new murder. The 10-episode series reveals resistance faced by filmmakers in uncovering details of Avery's 2005 trial and the allegation that local police framed him for the crime. This docuseries follows other true crime narratives, providing an in-depth look at crime investigations.

1. MAKING A
MURDERER:
DOCUMENTING A
FLAWED JUSTICE
SYSTEM
Thane Ritchie

2. Netflix’s documentary Making a
Murderer is the latest true crime
spectacle. Following HBO’s miniseries
The Jinx and the investigative podcast
Serial Season 1, Netflix’s 10‐episode
docuseries was bound to catch the
attention those who want an inside look
at crime investigations.

4. Making a Murderer, however, is unique.
10 years in the making, it details
Wisconsin native Steven Avery’s 2005
murder trial.

6. Shortly after Avery’s release from
prison, where he’d spent 18 years for a
rape he did not commit, two years after
being exonerated he was then accused
of killing photographer Teresa Halbach.

8. The documentarians faced great
resistance during their decade‐long
pursuit, and it’s easy to see why.

10. Avery’s defense lawyers, and the show
itself, propose a damning scenario, that
Manitowoc County police officers
framed Avery for Halbach’s murder.

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