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Petition For Steven Avery And Brendan Dassey

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Breanne Barbato
Journalism Final

Petition for Steven Avery and Brendan Dassey to be released. Imagine being targeted by those who are expected to protect you and your rights, what would you do? After the release of the Netflix Original documentary series, Making a Murderer, there is a petition being held that is currently at 445,000 out of 500,000 signatures to possibly free the convicted ‘murderers’. The petition will be sent to and reviewed by for the White House and Supreme Court. Making a Murderer takes place through 10 years focusing on the Avery family, the Manitowoc Police Department, and the trial of the Theresa Halbach case. Steven Avery was accused and sentenced for a rape that he did not commit and spent 18 years behind bars until 2003, when he was released due to new DNA evidence. Soon after he was released, Avery began to sue the Manitowoc County for 36 million dollars because of a mistrial. Steven Avery and his nephew, Brendan Dassey, were soon questioned in 2005 and …show more content…

This has led many people to believe that Avery was framed and there is still a murderer on the loose whilst others believe that he wasn’t given a fair trial no matter his innocence. They believe that there may have been previous bias and bribery in the jury because of Avery’s criminal past. Some also protest that Dassey was manipulated and brainwashed into admitting a crime that he did not commit. There is also numerous theories regarding a stolen blood vial of Avery’s that his blood was planted in Halbach’s vehicle, that the keys were planted by officers during 6-day search of the Avery property, or that the remains were scattered by an unknown source. There is nothing as of now that proves or disproves that Avery and Dassey were not involved in the murder of Theresa Halbach. However, there is no doubt that the Justice System has once again failed Steven

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