'Making a Murderer' Update: Steven Avery's New Attorney Talks 'Blatant Police Misconduct' & 'Discrimination' [VIDEO]
Steven Avery's new attorney firmly believes that there was "blatant police misconduct" involved in the process of putting him in prison.
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Avery's conviction for the 2005 murder of photographer Teresa Halbach has received nationwide attention through Netflix's docuseries Making a Murderer. As such, the renewed attention has led to attorney Kathleen Zellner taking on his case to prove he is in fact innocent.
Zellner recently discussed the case with Crime Time, where she related it to previous cases of wrongful conviction.
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"It's the evidence and having had a number of these cases it has a signature of a wrongful conviction case," she said (interview below).
Zellner noted that the investigation only focused on Avery, when there were "a lot of other suspects" who could have done the crime.
"There was very poor investigation done of the victim's background, who she was involved with and circumstances of her life," she continued. "It had all of the hallmarks of a wrongful conviction case and then when I met him, I realized in the time I spent with him in 15 or 20 hours, I absolutely don't believe he committed this murder."
Delving into why she pursued this case, Zellner spoke of the Manitowoc police misconduct and how they treated the Avery family.
"I selected the Avery case because I think that there was very blatant police misconduct in planting evidence and I think there is also a discrimination against the Avery family because of a perception that they were dispensable," she said.
Making a Murderer is available to stream on Netflix.
