Teresa Halbach's Argumentative Essay: Making A Murder

On Sunday, November 13, 1842 a double murder occurred at Smith Farm in Old Fields, Long Island. The victims, Alexander Smith and and Rebecca Smith, were a wealthy, well- respected married couple who ran Smith farm. George Weeks, the Smiths farmhand, was reporting for work the monday after the murder and heard the dog barking from the work-shed by the Smiths house. George Weeks then became suspicious since the dog was usually inside with Mr. Smith. George then looked in the house and saw that the east room window was broken and Mr. and Mrs. Smith were lying on the floor covered in blood. The authorities showed up not long after. The Bodies were discovered on the floor in the front room with head wounds from a blunt force and appear to have been burned in the fireplace. Alexander Smith had three wounds on his head all coming from a weapon that would cause blunt force trauma. The Suffolk County Coroner concluded that two wounds were to the right Auditory Meatus. One wound was along the lambdoidal suture and the hair was driven into the head, and the other was on the Parietal bone, an inch and a half in length. The blunt

Lizzie Borden took an ax, And gave her mother forty whacks; When she saw what she had done, She gave her father forty-one. The famous rhyme of Lizzie Borden giving her mother 40 whacks and then her father 41. Most people assume she committed the crime, of killing her parents, and that she planned the whole thing though there are some holes in the case. Everybody thinks she committed the crime though no one is sure, one thing is certain there are holes in the case and these holes make me believe that Lizzie did not do the crime. There are so many holes that no one is certain who did the crime. There were lots of loose ends and unsolved questions. I am here to convince you that Lizzie did not do it and, that she is innocent.

Think about how often people get arrested and how often trials are held every year, let alone everyday. Oftentimes, innocent people are accused and charged for a crime that wasn’t there fault. This was the case for Adnan Syed, an innocent guy who was put in jail for a murder case. On January 13, 1999, Hae Min Lee was murdered at the age of 17. The evidence for this case was very unexplainable, but of course, the state went after Hae’s ex-boyfriend Adnan who really had nothing to do with the murder. Things that prove Adnan’s innocence are the breakup between him and Hae, how Adnan thought about and his feelings towards Hae, how the times and stories told with others didn’t suit well, and his alibi. Additionally, his DNA didn’t match with items found near Hae and her autopsy and medical evidence didn’ match the stories told by Jay, inaccurate stories that the state relied on. As has been noted, the past relationship and breakup had a big part in Adnan’s conviction, however according to many people, this doesn’t add up.

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.

The issue of the murder of Teresa Halbach is important because 16 year old Brendan Dassey is accused of rape and 1st degree murder. This is debatable because some believe that Brendan along with his uncle Steven Avery were the killers and rapist of Teresa Halbach, while others feel the suspect is still on the streets. A reason why people believe Steven Avery is the suspect is because of the few minor incidents that has happened in the past.

Steven Avery and his lawyers try to prove his innocence of causing the death of Teresa Halbach. Steven claims that he is going through false accusations. Steven thinks that the department was up to something by finding him guilty. Evidence used against Steven was the bone investigation, bullet fragments, and DNA extraction.

Avery fought several times for an appeal, but each time was denied. Fortunately for Avery, a petition for DNA testing was granted in 1995 and showed that scrapings taken of Beernsten’s fingernails contained the DNA of an unknown person. The tests were unable to eliminate Avery, however, and a movement for a new trial was denied. In April of 2002, attorneys for the Wisconsin Innocence Project obtained a court order for DNA testing of 13 hairs recovered from Beernsten at the time of the crime. The state crime laboratory reported that, using the FBI DNA database, it had linked a hair to Gregory Allen, a convicted felon who bore a striking resemblance to Avery. Allen was then serving a 60-year prison term for a sexual assault in Green Bay that occurred after the attack on Beernsten. On September 11, 2003, a request brought by the Manitowoc District Attorney’s Office and the Wisconsin Innocence Project to dismiss the charges was granted and Avery was released. In 2005, with support from Beernsten and Avery, the Wisconsin Department of Justice implemented a model eyewitness identification procedure. Unfortunately for Avery, that wasn’t going to be his only bad encounter with justice. On October 31, 2005, photographer Teresa Halbach was scheduled to meet with Steven Avery at his home on the grounds of Avery 's Auto Salvage to photograph a minivan for Auto Trader Magazine. She went missing the same day.On November 11, Avery was charged with the murder of Halbach after her car and overdone bone fragments were found at the salvage yard. He upheld that authorities were attempting to frame him for Halbach 's vanishing to make it harder for him to win his pending civil case regarding the false sexual assault conviction. To avoid a conflict of interest, Mark R. Rohrer, the Manitowoc County district attorney, requested that authorities from bordering Calumet County lead the investigation. Manitowoc County authorities remained involved in the case, however, leading to

Prejudice is defined by a preconceived opinion about something that is not based off reason or actual experience. This injustice has always existed in society. Through means of racial inequality, hate, stereotypes and jurors wanting to take an easy road out of trials, it makes appearances in court trials and the justice system. I believe that through the similarities and differences within the trails of Jefferson in A Lesson Before Dying and Steven Avery seen through this real-world court case accurately demonstrate the unacceptable, unchanging prejudice present in the justice system.

The American criminal justice system, although normally adept, still has its flaws. In Sarah Koenig’s podcast Serial, she examines a case from 1999 in which a teenage boy, Adnan Syed, was charged with murdering his ex-girlfriend, Hae Min Lee. The podcast, which brought attention to the flaws within the case presented, caused many listeners to question the validity of the verdict. There has been speculation across a wide variety of sources, and many feel as though Adnan Syed deserves an appeal. However, because there was enough evidence to convict Syed during the original case, there are those who believe the verdict should stand. Although Jay Wilds’ testimony incriminates Adnan, Adnan’s lawyer Christina Gutierrez’s role as inept counsel, the

When they picked the aforementioned nine men’s pictures to show to the victim, they used an old picture of Avery, in which his hair was very different then it was currently. When compared to the sketch, this picture was a close match, and it was the one picked out of the nine. A sheriff actually mentioned that the real perpetrator might have been Gregory Allen, but it was ignored, leading to Avery being the sole suspect. Pubic hairs that were collected the victim were tested for DNA years later, and one of them was actually from a person that was neither the victim nor Avery. If it was allowed to be fully investigated, the real criminal might have been found much sooner. Because of the way this case was investigated, Avery was sentenced to a 32 year prison sentence for a crime that he did not commit, which could have been completely

The clip watched showed Brendan Dassey being interviewed by the police as a suspected accomplice to his uncle Steven Avery’s crime of the rape and murder of Teresa Halbach. This clip shows the police interrogating the teenager Brendan Dassey without any parent or lawyer present. This tape and his ensuing confession were the ultimate cause of his imprisonment where he was convicted of being an accomplice to murder and disposal of a body. Brendan Dassey’s conviction was ultimately overturned as the confession, which was the prosecutions’ leading evidence, was thrown out after it proved to be coerced. While the confession was coerced it is important to acknowledge that the officers were not entirely improper with how they conducted the interview.

Brendan Dassey Interrogation videos depict a young man and two police officers in a small room where eventually Dassey agrees with police that he raped and took part in the murder of Teresa Halbach. This case arose much popularity due assumptions of questionable police practices. to his perceived coerced false confession, the news publicity of the case and a Netflix show titles “Making a Murder”. Although widely publicised, I had no prior knowledge of the Dassey case and chose not to do any research on the matter until i had watched all the interrogation footage in order to get an unbiased opinion of the case. The footage depicted practices that could be put into question such as the caution Dassey received.There were questionable influencing

When a person is interrogated, the police do not try to make him comfortable. Their goal is to make him squirm and admit to something, thus leading to a full-blown confession.

The criminal justice system failed Steven Avery. He was a poor man, that was starting to rebuild his life, after being exonerated. He was very close to enjoying life, until he was implicated in the murder of Teresa Halbach.I think Steven Avery was framed and wrongfully convicted. The police fabricated the whole thing, the blood in the garage, the bones in the pit, and the car keys in Steven Avery’s bedroom, with no DNA match to the victim. The police never interviewed the ex-boyfriend and roommate. They never ask for their alibis. The police pin pointed their fingers to Steven. The ex boyfriend of Teresa was even allowed on the Avery’s property. I think the ex boyfriend know something. Since, he has accessed to Avery’s property, he can plant the bones . Something is not right. Why he had accessed and the Avery’s didn’t? I think its a conspiracy. The Avery’s were not permitted

The case against the men, always weak, fell apart after DNA evidence implicated another man whose possible involvement had been somehow overlooked by the authorities even though he lived only a block from where the victim’s body was found, and he had admitted to committing a similar rape and murder around the same time.