Making a Murderer
| Making a Murderer | |
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| Genre | Documentary |
| Written by |
Laura Ricciardi Moira Demos |
| Directed by | Laura Ricciardi Moira Demos |
| Theme music composer | Gustavo Santaolalla |
| Composer(s) |
Kevin Kiner Jared Forman Dean Kiner |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 10 (list of episodes) |
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| Executive producer(s) | Laura Ricciardi Moira Demos Lisa Nishimura Adam Del Deo |
| Location(s) | Manitowoc County, Wisconsin |
| Cinematography | Moira Demos Iris Ng |
| Editor(s) | Moira Demos Mary Manhardt |
| Running time | 47–66 minutes |
| Production company(s) |
Netflix Synthesis Films |
| Distributor | Netflix |
| Release | |
| Original network | Netflix |
| Picture format | Digital (HDTV) |
| Original release | December 18, 2015 – present |
| External links | |
| Netflix | |
Making a Murderer is an American documentary television series that premiered on Netflix on December 18, 2015. The ten-episode first season, written and directed by Laura Ricciardi and Moira Demos, explores the story of Steven Avery, a man from Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, who served 18 years in prison for the wrongful conviction of sexual assault and attempted murder of Penny Beerntsen, before being fully exonerated in 2003 by DNA evidence. He filed a suit against the county on this case. In 2005, Avery was arrested on charges of murdering Teresa Halbach, a local photographer, and was convicted in 2007. The series also covers the arrest, prosecution, and conviction of Avery's nephew, Brendan Dassey, who was also charged in the murder, largely based on his confession under interrogation.
The series was filmed over the course of ten years, with the filmmakers moving back and forth from New York City to Wisconsin during filming. To promote the series, Netflix released the first episode concurrently on YouTube and on Netflix, which it had not done for any other original programming. In July 2016, Netflix announced that it was filming a second season, to explore the aftermath of Dassey's conviction and the numerous appeals that have taken place.
As a production, the series was favorably compared to the HBO series The Jinx and the podcast Serial.Making a Murderer was widely viewed and it has generated considerable controversy, both in Manitowoc County, the setting of events, and nationwide. A petition to the White House to pardon Avery garnered more than 500,000 signatures. President Barack Obama noted that he had no authority to act in a state case.
On August 12, 2016, Avery's nephew Brendan Dassey, who was also found guilty, had his conviction overturned by a federal judge on the grounds that he was unconstitutionally coerced by the police into confessing to the murder, and this was the only substantial evidence in his case. On November 14, 2016, Federal Judge William Duffin ordered Dassey's release from prison within 90 days, if Wisconsin prosecutors do not move forward with a retrial. On November 17, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit blocked Dassey's release while the appeal is being heard.
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