Exactly. That's the wages of about 150 people for 5 years (guessing at $50k average). That could be the budget for the county's fire service, police, schools etc. Not to mention the dent in brown paper bag revenues.
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Making a Murderer
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Zin 'messiah' Zimmer
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There's nothing sensational about the case? How can you say that? I mean, I don't study many American cases but I'd hope these types of instances don't happen regularly:
1) Interviews of minors without lawyers or parents present
2) Vials of blood in police custody with clear hypodermic needle puncher marks and broken confidential seals
3) Planted evidence; key and blood
4) Police mishandling of investigation
5) Public news reporting form the police and prosecution
Now I'm not saying Steven Avery is definitely innocent, I'm really not sure. Equally I know there was some key evidence left out of the documentary but to claim this wasn't a sensational case...
Is this your first exposure to criminal cases from America??? It really isn't sensational in any way or form, however, as stated earlier, it's an extremely well made documentary...
Paul Lake's Left Knee
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There's nothing sensational about the case? How can you say that? I mean, I don't study many American cases but I'd hope these types of instances don't happen regularly:
1) Interviews of minors without lawyers or parents present
2) Vials of blood in police custody with clear hypodermic needle puncher marks and broken confidential seals
3) Planted evidence; key and blood
4) Police mishandling of investigation
5) Public news reporting form the police and prosecution
Now I'm not saying Steven Avery is definitely innocent, I'm really not sure. Equally I know there was some key evidence left out of the documentary but to claim this wasn't a sensational case...
Think you missed out some of the key questions, why were bone fragments of the victim found in the quarry?? Also how did he smear blood in the car but not leave a finger print (the DNA found from sweaty hands also without leaving prints) and why would he put the victim in the car to move her a few yards to burn her? There was also the differing approaches to the 2 trials, in Steven's case they said the murder happened in the garage (despite there being no blood splatter and the only DNA bar the bullet being Steven's, although how Steven can explain how that bullet was fired by the gun they found in his bedroom was washed over in the documentary) but then in Brendan's case they were happy with his confession that it happened in the bedroom. Lenk was a particularly unbelievable and wasnt a credible witness in my eyes, at best misleading at worse down right lying, he'd been questioned days before in Steven's other case, and then was confused about the time he got to the crime scene, this after being ordered to desist, he and Colborn were integral in the key discovery.
I would have wanted answers to those things if I was a juror, however, having read some about some of the bits left out of the documentary, like the additional DNA and bullet, I am not at all convinced he was innocent. Brendan on the other hand, if you remove his 'confession' which he was coerced and without any representation, with there being no physical evidence against, I think I would have found not guilty, as without that confession there is nothing to find him guilty.
Barcon
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thats not an accurate reflection though. Its not like he hid the car in a back yard at all, it was a massive 5 acre scrap yard. And slitting the throat on a bed was a stupid thing for the prosecution to say, they couldnt prove that and shouldnt have said it, thats the silly way they do public pronouncements there. She was killed and buried there though, not bullshit
I deleted my post because I couldn't figure out how to use the spoiler tag.
Anyway, where are those pics of your kitchen?
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Is this your first exposure to criminal cases from America??? It really isn't sensational in any way or form, however, as stated earlier, it's an extremely well made documentary...
You're telling me that they have this level of incompetence, this level of fraud, this level of corrupt criminality on high profile murder cases, where the defendant has be wrongly sent down before and was suing the police and criminal justice service for $38m. Even if the documentary sensationalised things I just don't see how you can't perceive this be quite a remarkable case/story.
Think you missed out some of the key questions, why were bone fragments of the victim found in the quarry?? Also how did he smear blood in the car but not leave a finger print (the DNA found from sweaty hands also without leaving prints) and why would he put the victim in the car to move her a few yards to burn her? There was also the differing approaches to the 2 trials, in Steven's case they said the murder happened in the garage (despite there being no blood splatter and the only DNA bar the bullet being Steven's, although how Steven can explain how that bullet was fired by the gun they found in his bedroom was washed over in the documentary) but then in Brendan's case they were happy with his confession that it happened in the bedroom. Lenk was a particularly unbelievable and wasnt a credible witness in my eyes, at best misleading at worse down right lying, he'd been questioned days before in Steven's other case, and then was confused about the time he got to the crime scene, this after being ordered to desist, he and Colborn were integral in the key discovery.
I would have wanted answers to those things if I was a juror, however, having read some about some of the bits left out of the documentary, like the additional DNA and bullet, I am not at all convinced he was innocent. Brendan on the other hand, if you remove his 'confession' which he was coerced and without any representation, with there being no physical evidence against, I think I would have found not guilty, as without that confession there is nothing to find him guilty.
Yeah completely agree mate. Incredible case and not sure we will ever know the full truth. Only case I've found even more fascinating was the murder of meredith kutcher and that has some similarities to this; police corruption, trial by media etc.
Zin 'messiah' Zimmer
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You're telling me that they have this level of incompetence, this level of fraud, this level of corrupt criminality on high profile murder cases, where the defendant has be wrongly sent down before and was suing the police and criminal justice service for $38m. Even if the documentary sensationalised things I just don't see how you can't perceive this be quite a remarkable case/story.
So that's a no then? I'm not being patronising but do some research, you might be surprised...
So that's a no then? I'm not being patronising but do some research, you might be surprised...
Okay I will do but since you're an expert why don't you just tell me?
Blue&whitestripes
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Just seen this http://www.pajiba.com/netflix_movie...z-sent-to-making-a-murderers-steven-avery.php and can only agree with the author's description of Kratz as a "weaselly jerk"
Zin 'messiah' Zimmer
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Okay I will do but since you're an expert why don't you just tell me?
Expert? No
More informed? Absolutely
Try researching the Memphis 3, Randall Adams, maybe look at https://www.washingtonpost.com/opin...0fc3a2-1aae-11e5-93b7-5eddc056ad8a_story.html
Or the innocence project, the one that denied Avery any assistance following his removal of right to counsel...
Compare and contrast the Memphis 3 case, then you tell me which was 'sensational' and 'sensationalism'...