Status
Ended
Network
Netflix
SEASON
EPISODE

Crime, Documentary

DESCRIPTION

Filmed over 10 years, this real-life thriller follows a DNA exoneree who, while exposing police corruption, becomes a suspect in a grisly new crime.

Season 1

Aired 8 years ago - Dec 18, 2015

In the years after Steven and Brendan's very public trials, the various members of the Avery family struggle to mend their broken lives.

Aired 8 years ago - Dec 18, 2015

Steven's trial is over, but a new one is just beginning. Will the jury find the suspect's confession or his conflicting statements more believable?

Aired 8 years ago - Dec 18, 2015

After two long days of closing arguments, the jury deliberates. Steven's fate hinges on whether the jury believes police misconduct may have occurred.

Aired 8 years ago - Dec 18, 2015

As the murder trial continues, Steven's attorneys present their case that law enforcement officials planted evidence to frame him.

Aired 8 years ago - Dec 18, 2015

Steven's attorneys cross-examine forensic experts about contaminated evidence and the absence of proof linking Steven to the crime.

Aired 8 years ago - Dec 18, 2015

As Steven's trial begins, his attorneys argue that law enforcement officials framed him and were negligent in not pursuing other leads in the case.

Aired 8 years ago - Dec 18, 2015

An unexpected confession casts doubt on Steven's role in the murder case, but the new suspect gives conflicting accounts of what occurred.

Aired 8 years ago - Dec 18, 2015

Steven is back in jail, charged with murder, but there are troubling questions about how he was arrested and why.

Aired 8 years ago - Dec 18, 2015

As Steven starts creating a new life for himself, he pursues a lawsuit against Manitowoc County law enforcement officials for corruption in his case.

Aired 8 years ago - Dec 18, 2015

When Steven Avery is freed from a wrongful conviction, his search for justice raises questions about the authorities who put him behind bars.

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about a year after the DNA had come through,
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Even though there's no guarantee that Steven Avery will win this case,
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It says that "he has been known to masturbate on the hood of the car
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- and talking about Steven Avery? - I might've.
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by Detective Larry Conrad of the Manitowoc County Sheriff's Department.
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Did you feel by taking the type of action you did earlier today
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No. Not in the middle of winter. In the middle of the road?
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Judy Dvorak lived across the road from him at that time.
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Eugene Kusche that time, made a composite drawing of that photograph,
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which was the photograph from that night as to how Steven Avery actually looked.
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of who had been arrested the night before.
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in connection with the brutal beating and the sexual assault
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It's like, why would they arrest Steve for that?
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on the afternoon of July 29th,
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Witnesses testified either that they were out working with him,
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When I kicked him, he said,
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The whole thing was a nightmare.
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is if you didn't admit your guilt, you did not get paroled.
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It was Fox Lake,
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You know, we just got where...
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saying he was innocent.
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that had been collected at the time.
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that those kind of things would create
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that will show you how strongly this system is designed
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I'm not getting anywhere with it, it's time to level with you guys.
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Then I put the pieces, each on the table to make ten, you know, ten of them.
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In prison, you gotta wait.
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"Thank goodness the DNA proved it."
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That was evidence that at least made it possible
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What are your duties as a special agent?
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I went through a lot of police records about Gregory Allen
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It... We're OK.
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There don't seem to be any ethical violations.
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There was never going to be law enforcement held accountable.