Steven Avery – the subject of the recent Netflix documentary series Making a Murderer – has filed an appeal asking a judge to throw out his 2005 conviction for the murder of Theresa Halbach.
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According to the motion Avery filed with the Wisconsin Court of Appeals, he contends that the warrant was compromised because it only pertained to one property instead of the several properties searched by police.
“The affidavit was based on clearly falsified, misleading information”, Avery’s appeal reads. Both men are now serving life sentences, having been convicted in 2007, with Making A Murderer paying particular attention to perceived injustices in the case. Detailing the case and the perceived injustice, Dassey raps aggressively as he calls for his family member’s release from prison. In December, Dassey’s lawyers filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, hoping to get another shot at freeing him.
Her comments were soon followed by her co-creator, Demos, who elaborated further on the concept of the state of Wisconsin’s case against Avery.
TMZ broke the news on Tuesday, revealing that Avery’s appeal cites a number of grievances including an improper warrant, incompetent legal representation and a tainted jury.
Bellin served as Local 5’s legal analyst during Steven Avery’s six week trial.
The documentary suggests authorities planted evidence, a claim rejected by Robert Hermann, the current sheriff of Manitowoc County, which is about 80 miles (130 km) north of Milwaukee.
The state, however, has said that the attorney’s removal happened before his trial and have argued that Dassey fails to show that an appeals court’s decision was unreasonable. The second motion claims a juror pressured others into voting guilty.
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As for her participation in the wildly successful Netflix series, Stachowski said Avery threatened her to take part in it. “If I didn’t say anything good and nice about him, I’d pay”, she said.
