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I'll put everything in spoilers too re: Making a Murder in case others haven't seen it or aren't aware of the real trial.

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Originally Posted by bhlloy

Might be a fun separate thread to talk about, but I came away from it thinking it was a very slanted view, that Avery probably still did it but they planted a shit ton of evidence to get the conviction. The series makes a very obvious case but they don't really explain why, who or how somebody could have killed her and got the remains onto the Avery property. If somebody did do that and got him to go down for it with all the coincidental timing they are an absolute criminal mastermind, and no offense it doesn't seem like there are many of those living around there

I don't know who killed her, and indeed the series (or Avery's defense) never explained who did. The problem for me is that it's impossible to say who did kill her now because of how police handled the investigation. They outright lied multiple times in very suspicious ways and it seems pretty clear to me that they planted evidence at least twice - maybe three times.

I agree with the defense lawyers in that police did believe it was Avery. That doesn't excuse what they did - which should have been to sabotage their own investigation. Didn't turn out that way, though.

IMO three of those police officers should be in prison.

The nephew though, when they basically showed that his own attorney worked against him to get a phony confession that was complete garbage and is either impossible or nonsensical, and they won't give him a new trial - that was tough. I don't have a lot of sympathy for Avery because I think he did it, but I do think Dassey got a really rough deal. Just a confused, borderline deficient, socially awkward 16 year old who the police played like a fiddle and likely had nothing to do with it at all

Yep, this was to me the toughest part of the whole series. I agree that Avery could be guilty, but Dassey on the other hand was completely innocent, borderline retarded, and completely railroaded by the investigators in their efforts to stitch up Avery, as the video shows. Sickening to the stomach to see that.