Making a Murderer Review

One of my favourite genres of TV shows are crime dramas, fictional and reality, so when I saw a trailer for Netflix's new series 'Making a Murderer' I was very intrigued and couldn't wait for the whole series to be released (one of the best things about Netflix!).

The story focuses on a man, Steven Avery, who in 1985 was wrongfully convicted of a rape that he did not commit and spent 18 years in prison before being released based on DNA evidence. While Avery is suing the county for wrongfully convicting him and holding a personal vendetta against him, he is once again arrested for the murder of a woman, Teresa Halbach. This time he is not alone and his nephew is arrested for assisting with the murder.
The series follows their story and trial.

I have included whether they were found guilty or not, so if you don't want to know, stop reading now!

Throughout the series, I really struggled to decide how I felt that the case would go and whether I thought that Steven Avery and his nephew Brendan Dassey were guilty. That is, until I got to the episodes of the trial where I felt that the trial was truly biased and although, there wasn't much evidence they were both still found guilty.
When I finished the series, all I felt was sadness. It was sad that these two people may not have committed the crime and yet they were sentenced to spend their lives in prison. Aswell, I felt sad for the Halbach family, who lost a daughter, sister and had to be dragged through this controversy when all they probably wanted was to see her murderer pay for what they did without all the mystery surrounding the trial and investigation.

I really enjoyed this documentary as it was a really good insight into what happens in court and the impact crime can have, not only on the people involved, but also the community surrounding them.