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Making A Murderer: Is Steven Avery Guilty?
I would now like to look at the opposing side, those that feel police corruption is not present in Steven Avery’s case, or in the United States as a whole. The first article, from ABC News, is entitled Making a Murderer': Is Steven Avery Guilty? A Deeper Look Into Netflix Series. In this article, Ken Kratz, the prosecutor of the case, is interviewed. He discusses that the Netflix documentary leaves out several key pieces of evidence, which prove Steven and Brendan are guilty. The article makes a point in stating that Ken is now a defense attorney. Ken states that the filmmakers left out two key pieces of evidence: the car’s hood latch and the phone calls. DNA from sweat was found on the hood latch of Teresa’s car, and upon testing matched Steven Avery. …show more content…
The second piece of evidence omitted from the documentary was that Steven called Teresa twice on the day of her disappearance. This doesn’t seem odd, considering Teresa was going to his home later that day. However, Steven used *67 to dial the number, allowing him to block his caller identity on Teresa’s phone. When we look at other phone calls by Steven, another one was omitted. When Steven called Autotrader to request the photographer, he requested Teresa by name. He also refused to give his name, leaving his sister’s name and phone number with Autotrader. The article also discusses that Ken was found to have a drug problem, causing his divorce and losing his career as a criminal prosecutor. Ken insists that his drug dependency developed after Steven’s and Brendan’s

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