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Season 1  "Eighteen Years Lost"  1x1

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.

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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
#10
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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.
#18
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of who had been arrested the night before.
#19
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in connection with the brutal beating and the sexual assault
#20
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It's like, why would they arrest Steve for that?
#21
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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.
#28
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It was Fox Lake,
#29
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You know, we just got where...
#30
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saying he was innocent.
#31
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that had been collected at the time.
#32
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that those kind of things would create
#33
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that will show you how strongly this system is designed
#34
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I'm not getting anywhere with it, it's time to level with you guys.
#35
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Then I put the pieces, each on the table to make ten, you know, ten of them.
#36
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In prison, you gotta wait.
#37
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"Thank goodness the DNA proved it."
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That was evidence that at least made it possible
#42
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What are your duties as a special agent?
#43
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I went through a lot of police records about Gregory Allen
#44
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It... We're OK.
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There don't seem to be any ethical violations.
#49
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There was never going to be law enforcement held accountable.
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