Steven Avery ’s account is n’t over yet . Netflix ’s hit true - offense docuseriesMaking a Murdererreturns fora second seasonon October 19 , and while the first installment focus on Avery ’s confounding visitation for the murder of Teresa Halbach , the next one promises an inside spirit at his post - conviction life-time . managing director Laura Ricciardi and Moira Demos will succeed Avery as he assay to clear his name with the help of unexampled lawyers – and likely catch up withBrendan Dassey , who has been on a roller coaster prayer ride himself .
Since it ’s been about three years since the first season took the cyclosis service by storm , a mickle has happened in the Avery type . Though it ’s taken plenty of twists and turn ( some more consequential than others ) , below are the major developments that will get you caught up with where things stand manoeuvre into Season 2 .
Steven Avery got a new lawyer – and she’s a shark
Kathleen Zellner , an Illinois - based lawyer , announced she ’d be taking over the event back in January 2016 , along with " local Wisconsin counsel " Tricia Bushnell . Zellner specializes in overturning unlawful sentence and has previously exonerated 17 Man on charge ranging from sexual assault to murder . She ’s also a terrifying courtroom front . Another attorney once say that facing her in trial was " worse than my divorce . "
Zellner work out to a great extent in the poke forMaking a Murderer : Part 2,and in an increasingly common practice for lawyer across the land , she ’s assert Avery ’s pureness on herfrequently updated Twitter provender .
Zellner ’s also give following a glimpse of her strategy . TheMaking a MurdererTwitter story revealed on February 10 that skill was primal to her programme andshe will"use advanced luminol examination to discharge Avery . " That ’s a chemical that forensic teams use to find blood at crime scenes ; if it encounters hemoglobin , it glow . Any attain samples can then be tested for DNA match . Zellner confirm that she had taken new DNA samples from Avery nine days after the luminol proclamation in yet another tweet :
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Zellner also recentlyclaimed that she has " volatile evidence"that would help assoil Avery in a higher royal court . While she turn down to specify what that evidence is , you could read her financial statement as : Making a Murderer : Part 2isn’t going to terminate with Avery getting out of jail .
Teresa Halbach’s death certificate is even more suspicious than we thought
Halbach ’s previously unreleased last credential went public in March , thanks to a Freedom of Information petition . Journalists were quick to aim out itswild inconsistencies , which suggest law enforcement may have hasten to pin charge on Avery . Under " Autopsy Performed , " authority checked the " Yes " loge , but under " Body Found , " they marked " No . " Even fishier ? The campaign of death was ab initio listed as " unresolved , " but that was crossed out and " Homicide " was then check out under " Manner of Death . "
Forensic experts think that key evidence was compromised
Inan articlefor thePittsburgh Post - Gazette , four forensic experts condemned the scientific methods used in the Avery case . They think the criminal prosecution below the belt influence DNA analyst Sherry Culhane and FBI chemist Marc LeBeau to deliver results supporting a guilty verdict , thereby compromise their depth psychology . They also withdraw issue with LeBeau ’s choice of words in his testimony .
As you may call back , LeBeau was brought in to finalize one of the more disputatious aspects of the face : whether Avery ’s blood recovered from the crime scene was fresh or planted from a ampoule . If it came from the vial police collected during Avery ’s visitation for colza in 1985 , it would contain traces of EDTA , a chemic preservative . LeBeau could not detect EDTA in three of the six sample and thus concluded " within a reasonable degree of scientific certainty " that it was solely absent … even though he never try the remaining three blood discoloration .
" There is a saying among scientists that absence seizure of grounds is n’t necessarily evidence of absence , and that seems to be the example here , " the scientist wrote . " It was problematic for Mr. LeBeau to draw conclusions with any scientific certainty about all six of the stains after testing only three of them . "
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A neighbor gave a shady eyewitness account of Halbach’s car
Freelance photojournalist Jeff Klassen scored a major scoop when he tracked down Avery ’s neighbor Wilmer Siebert . In an articleposted to his blog , Klassen shared Siebert ’s doubtfulness about the constabulary investigating into Halbach ’s death . Siebert claims he encounter a car that may have been Halbach ’s Toyota RAV4 just " days " before the search party found it on the Avery Auto Salvage yard . By his account , it was take down a back route that leads to the quarry behind the salvage yard . A white Jeep train it . About a one-half time of day later , only the Jeep render . Siebert tell he thought it was unusual because both cars were speeding , and he rarely saw RAV4s around the area .
Siebert was also suspicious of how quickly Halbach ’s car was find out in the salvage yard . " I do n’t know how [ the hunting party ] could bump that machine that flying because I needed a accelerator pedal tank for a motortruck [ once ] and they gave me the row [ that it was in ] and what kind of hand truck it was and I did n’t find that hand truck in that short circuit of a meter , " he told Klassen . Siebert , who is supporter with the Averys , said he was never call into question during the investigation and did n’t think to speak out until he sawMaking a Murderer .
Avery slammed his old lawyers
Tumblrmay loveStrang and Buting , but their former guest sure as shooting does n’t . In a scathing letterreleased exclusivelytoInTouchin July , Avery blamed his guilty verdict on the defence team . " Dean and Jerry did n’t do no probe on this causa , if I did they would not be in prison house , " he wrote . " They would have the Suspect if they did there [ sic ] job ! " Avery also called them " Bad Attorneys " and suggested they should lose their license for ethical misdemeanor .
That ’s a jolly harsh review , but Buting did n’t blame Avery for the flare-up :
Zellner has accused Brendan Dassey’s brother, along with Avery’s sister and his sister’s husband
defend to overturn the court ’s decision to deny Avery a newfangled trial , Zellner file a54 - page movement in October 2017with evidence she alleged could implicate Brendan Dassey ’s older comrade , Bobby Dassey , in Halbach ’s slaying . Bobby " lied when he told the police he had never seen [ Halbach ] before October 31 , " ZellnertoldRolling Stone . " He commented about her every time she do to the [ Avery Salvage Yard ] for appointment . " The move included claims that Bobby tell one of his comrade " that he saw Halbach leave the Averys ’ attribute , " that Bobby recite one of his brothers that " Steven could not have kill her , " and that forensic examination of the Dasseys ' domicile data processor find violent pornography link up to Bobby .
" The deeper we labor into the Avery conviction the more evidence we uncover of his artlessness . It does not matter how long it takes , what it [ will ] be or what obstacles we have to overcome – our feat to win Mr. Avery ’s freedom will never stop , " ZellnertoldNewsweek . " pass on up on his case would be accepting that someone else got away with execution and our jurist organization is just too incompetent , indifferent and/or sturdy to recognize this vast mistake and amend it . We are go to keep ringing the doorbell at this so call off Court of Justice until someone answers it . "
Zeller also suggested that Steven Avery ’s sis , Barbara Tadych , and her hubby , Scott Tadych , played a role in Halbach ’s execution . It hinges on allegation that Barbara and Scott had access code to Bobby ’s computer , tried to cover up the images , and consist about it . It ’s all a very hazy web of theories and accusations , but it ’s readable that we do n’t have the full level .
you could witness the motion , as well as the full details , here .
Zellner also accused Halbach’s ex
Notice a shape here ? Zellner filed a monumental 1,272 - Sir Frederick Handley Page apparent motion with hope of garner Avery a new trial . In it , Zellner notably thrash Avery ’s former lawyer as being complicit in the wrongful conviction and cast suspicion on Halbach ’s ex , Ryan Hillegas . " Our investigators contact Mr. Hillegas to interview him , " Zellner told theUSA Todaynetwork . " He was told that we want to rule him out as a potential suspect , but we needed resolution to sealed inquiry connect to his exculpation , abusive relationship with Teresa Halbach , knowledge of her password , trauma to his left paw , fundamental interaction with law enforcement from Nov. 3 , ( 2005 ) onward , damage to Teresa Halbach ’s parking light , access to Avery property Nov. 7 . Mr. Hillegas never responded . " learn morehere .
Reddit uncovered potential red flags with Halbach’s bone fragments and cell phone
Devoted truthers on the subreddit r / TickTockManitowoc presenteda bombshell findback in 2016 . After poring over the photos of Halbach ’s os and the Razr cell earpiece parts recover at Avery ’s fire pit , Redditor wewannawii identifieda fingermark on the phone batterythat appear to have the same scars as Avery ’s , and uranium / foghaze notice that one of the bone go to a dame . As another commenter pointed out , this discovery spue serious doubt on the prosecution ’s call that Halbach ’s body was cremated , since " a fire that powerful , enough to denature a human , would destroy an unprotected , fragile Gallus gallus wing . " That Gallus gallus must have known something .
Zellner created a $10,000 “proof of guilt” challenge to show the holes in the prosecution’s case
In reaction to people still question Avery ’s innocence , the positive - as - Inferno lawyer offered a $ 10,000 cash prize to anyone able to test Avery ’s guilt trip . The terms ? A 100 - question test " base upon believable evidence . " Among the subject covered : Avery ’s blood , his phone usage , and ballistic trajectory . It ’s more of a rhetorical twist to demonstrate the prosecution ’s weak shell , but you could read the full testhereif you ’re concerned .
In 2018, a court denied Avery’s motion for a new trial…
In October 2017 , Averywas denied a new trial . " The defendant has miscarry to launch any grounds that would activate the right to a new trial in the interests of justice , " write Judge Angela Sutkiewicz , adding that " no further considerateness will be give to this issue . " Zellner vowed to attract the decision .
… and denied a motion to enter new evidence in 2018
After Zellner exact that a CD containing exculpatory grounds ( i.e. , evidence that would prove Avery ’s innocence ) was withheld from the Defense Department , ahigher court of law in Wisconsin ordered the local courtto review the request to come in the cadmium into evidence . Doing what she does best , Judge Sutkiewicz deny the requestin September 2018 , writing , " In light of all the evidence submitted , it is clear that the defense force was in possession of the same evidence as the prosecution prior to trial . "
Dassey’s roller coaster appeal ride hit wall after wall, and ended at the Supreme Court’s doorstep
Way back in August 2016 , a Union judge determined that Dassey ’s highly coerced confession was " involuntary , " as per the Fourth and Fifth Amendments , and his condemnation was revolutionise . It was looking like Dassey – who had been serving a 41 - year prison sentence for first - point homicide , second - academic degree sexual rape , and mutilation of a corpse – was going to be free . ( He ’d peradventure even get to go to WrestleMania . ) But in November , the land filed an emergency brake motion tokeep him in prison house . Then a federal appeals court carry on the decision tooverturn Dassey ’s strong belief .
The back - and - forth hit a big extrusion , by a 4 - to-3 vote , the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit ruled that the confession wasnotcoerced . " Dassey spoke with the interrogator freely , after receiving and understanding Miranda warning , and with his mother ’s consent , " wrote Judge David Hamilton , for the majority . " Dassey provided many of the most damning detail himself in reply to open - ended interrogative sentence . " Dassey has been in prison for the appeals process ; this black eye mean he could stay there – eligible for parole in 2048 .
In another snow , the U.S. Supreme Court inJune 2018 declined to hear Dassey ’s causa , with leaves him with few ( if any ) options for a unexampled tribulation or exoneration through formal legal pathways .
There’s a “sequel” in the works from the prosecution’s perspective, calledConvicting a Murderer
If you always palpate sympathetic to the primaryMaking a Murdererantagonist , District Attorney Ken Krantz , here ’s just the documentary for you . FilmmakerShawn Rech will tell the Steven Avery storyfrom the other side of the courtroom , which sounds , improbably , like the good way to make the tragical story of Teresa Halbach ’s execution even more cheerless . It ’s unclear ifConvicting a Murdererwill ever see the light of day , but gestate portion of yield if it does .
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