I acknowledged that the documentary is biased.
Everything you read is biased one way or the other.
My concern is that every American citizen should be given a fair trial. In this case, the evidence presented was *probably* planted (key/blood/car).
Avery should not be pardoned, but he should receive a new trial.
And Dassey should receive a new trial no matter what, considering what happened to him (a special needs minor who was railroaded by the prosecution).
Discussing this case on kfi 640 right now.
Certain point of view from the documentary to be sure, but you can access Stevens credibility from seeing hours of Steven himself. What you see is what you get.
I have so many questions about this case after watching the whole documentary...and I agree that the biggest issue is that every American should be given a “fair” trial and that clearly didn’t happen in this case, which taints the system for everyone!
-Time frame issues jump out all over the place - the brother-in-law and the other nephew (Bobby) who basically gave each other alibis but said Theresa’s car was gone by 2:45 are completely contradicted by the school bus driver who said she saw a woman taking pictures when she dropped off kids around 3:30-3:40. Was Brenden on that bus? Didn’t anyone on his defense team think to ask what time he got out of school?
- Is it possible that someone else in the family (Bobby?) was involved and told Brenden some of the stuff he recounted but told him to say Steven did it? He is so incredibly confused and easily led that nothing he says should have been admissible.
- What about the deleted voice mails from Theresa’s phone? Her brother was very bizarre - even in the very first press conference about her disappearance he seemed to act as if he knew she was dead. What about the roommate and the ex-boyfriend? Sounds like no one even interviewed them...and the cousin who found the Rav4 was not believable at all. Wish the defense attorneys would have pushed her harder on why she went to that specific area, especially in light of the time sheet showing Lenk was on scene hours before he admitted it.
- The phone call to the dispatcher regarding the license plate before the car was ever found was another really odd thing. I would have expected a lot more questions regarding that whole conversation.
- Finally, the jury count was puzzling. How did it go from seven people leaning not guilty to a unanimous conviction? Were the other jurors, besides the one who was excused, ever interviewed?
I hate to think that police and prosecutors could do the things that this case implies but it does happen(read “It’s Not About the Truth” about the Duke Lacrosse rape case)...if they thought Steven was guilty, or if they were just worried about the pending lawsuit, they might have felt justified in doing whatever it took to ensure a conviction.