'Making a Murderer' News: Online Petition Calls For Steve Avery 'Presidential Pardon' Amid Increased Buzz [VIDEO]
An online petition is campaigning for Making a Murderer subject Steven Avery to be exonerated--and they want the president's help.
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A change.org petition is hoping to get the attention of President Barack Obama and millions around the nation. The petition wants Avery to be exonerated and given a presidential pardon.
"There is a documentary series on Netflix called Making a Murderer. After viewing it, I am outraged with the injustices which have been allowed to compound and left unchecked in the case of Steven Avery of Manitowoc County in Wisconsin, U.S.A.," the petition reads. "Avery's unconstitutional mistreatment at the hands of corrupt local law enforcement is completely unacceptable and is an abomination of due process. Steven Avery should be exonerated at once by presidential pardon, and the Manitowoc County officials complicit in his two false imprisonments should be held accountable to the highest extent of the U.S. criminal and civil justice systems."
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The petition already has over to 55,000 signatures, well on the way to its goal of 75,000.
Avery's trouble with Manitowoc County law enforcement was chronicled in the new Netflix docuseries Making a Murderer. The Wisconsin native was charged with sexual assault and sent to prison for 18 years only to be exonerated after DNA evidence proved his innocence. But shortly after, he was charged with the murder of photographer Teresa Halbach and sent to prison again.
The campaign to free Avery has swept the nation as more Netflix users watch Making a Murderer. Hacktivist organization Anonymous has even gotten involved.
You can watch all 10 episodes of Making a Murderer on Netflix streaming.
