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* ForensicDrama: Steven Avery's case is mainly built around forensic evidence obtained at the premise. Brendan Dassey's case, however, is solely based on his confession as there was no physical evidence connecting him to the crime scenes.
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* ForensicDrama: Steven Avery's case is mainly built around forensic evidence obtained at the premise.his home. Brendan Dassey's case, however, is solely based on his confession as there was no physical evidence connecting him to the crime scenes.
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* MirandaRights: In one of the confession tapes of Brendan at school, one of the police detective is making Brendan aware of the fact that he read the Miranda rights to him earlier.
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* OrgyOfEvidence: The second season addresses the fact that the DNA sample of Steven that was lifted from the hood latch of the victim's car contained implausibly high amounts of DNA. Adding to it, Steven's DNA was the only one found on the latch as if it was cleaned beforehand. This makes the defense suspect that the sample was planted rather than left by Steven actually opening the hood.
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* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: Season 1 concludes with a statement about Steven Avery and Brendan Dassey's current situation together with recent photographs of them in prison.
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* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: Season 1 The first season concludes with a statement about Steven Avery and Brendan Dassey's current situation together with recent photographs of them in prison.prison.
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* LieDetector: Kathleen Zellner subjects Steven Avery to a 13 hour lie detector test in order to determine if he was innocent or not. He passes.
* MirandaRights: On the confession tapes of Brendan at school, one of the police detective is making Brendan aware of the fact that he read the Miranda rights to him earlier.
* OrgyOfEvidence: It's being pointed out that the DNA sample of Steven that was lifted from the hood latch of the victim's car contained implausibly high amounts of DNA. Adding to it, Steven's DNA was the only one found on the latch as if it was cleaned beforehand. This makes the defense suspect that the sample was planted rather than left by Steven actually opening the hood.
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* LieDetector: Kathleen Zellner subjects Steven Avery to a 13 hour lie detector test in order to determine if he was innocent or not. He passes.
* MirandaRights: On the confession tapes of Brendan at school, one of the police detective is making Brendan aware of the fact that he read the Miranda rights to him earlier.
* OrgyOfEvidence: It's being pointed out that the DNA sample of Steven that was lifted from the hood latch of the victim's car contained implausibly high amounts of DNA. Adding to it, Steven's DNA was the only one found on the latch as if it was cleaned beforehand. This makes the defense suspect that the sample was planted rather than left by Steven actually opening the hood.
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* ForensicDrama: Steven Avery's case is mainly built around forensic evidence obtained at the premise. Brendan Dassey's case, however, is solely based on his confession as there was no physical evidence connecting him to the crime scenes.
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* OrgyOfEvidence: The second season addresses the fact that the DNA sample of Steven that was lifted from the hood latch of the victim's car contained implausibly high amounts of DNA. It suggests the sample was planted rather than left by Steven opening the hood.
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* OrgyOfEvidence: The second season addresses the fact that the DNA sample of Steven that was lifted from the hood latch of the victim's car contained implausibly high amounts of DNA. It suggests Adding to it, Steven's DNA was the only one found on the latch as if it was cleaned beforehand. This makes the defense suspect that the sample was planted rather than left by Steven actually opening the hood.
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* OrgyOfEvidence: The second season addresses the fact that the DNA sample of Steven that was lifted from the hood latch of the victim's car contained implausibly high amounts of DNA.
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* OrgyOfEvidence: The second season addresses the fact that the DNA sample of Steven that was lifted from the hood latch of the victim's car contained implausibly high amounts of DNA. It suggests the sample was planted rather than left by Steven opening the hood.
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* MirandaRights: In one of the confession tapes of Brendan at school, one of the police detective is making Brendan aware of the fact that he read the Miranda rights to him earlier.
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* HorrorDoesntSettleForSimpleTuesday: The murder and mutilation of Teresa Halbach happened on Halloween.
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* HorrorDoesntSettleForSimpleTuesday: The murder and mutilation of Teresa Halbach is assumed to have happened on Halloween.
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* FieryCoverup: Steven Avery had lit a bonfire on Halloween eve which made it look like he wanted to get rid of the victim's remains which were indeed found in the ashes during search.
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* ChronicEvidenceRetentionSyndrome: The defense notes that it would have been stupid for Steven Avery to keep the victim's car intact on his premise while he had [[DestroyTheEvidence a car crusher at his disposal]].
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* FrameUp: The defense attorneys' position is that Manitowoc County police officers planted evidence against Steven Avery on his premise, in a benevolent attempt to help the conviction of a guilty man.
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* FrameUp: The defense attorneys' position is that Manitowoc County police officers planted evidence against Steven Avery on his premise, in a benevolent attempt to help the conviction of what they though was a guilty man.
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* FalseConfession: Brendan later revoked the confession he made which seemed to have been obtained under coercion.
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* GovernmentConspiracy: The suspicion is that the State Supreme Court tried to get Steven Avery behind bars with whatever means possible, even involving the FBI.
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* GovernmentConspiracy: The suspicion is that the State Supreme Court tried was trying to get Steven Avery behind bars with whatever means possible, even involving conspiring with the FBI.
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* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: Season 1 concludes with a statement about Steven Avery and Brendan Dassey's current situation together with recent photographs of them in prison.
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* OnlyBadGuysCallTheirLawyers: A variant. Steven Avery's decision to not testify in court is taken by the brother of the victim as a sign of his guilt.
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* ConvictedByPublicOpinion: Steven certainly
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* ThePasswordIsAlwaysSwordfish: Teresa Halbach's voicemail and online phone records were easy to access from the outside because she used her birthday in the password.
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* MiscarriageOfJustice: Steven Avery gets the full blow of it.
* ThePasswordIsAlwaysSwordfish: Teresa Halbach's voicemail and online phone records were easy to access from the outside because she used her birthday in thepassword.password.
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* ThePasswordIsAlwaysSwordfish: Teresa Halbach's voicemail and online phone records were easy to access from the outside because she used her birthday in the
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* CourtroomDrama: Turns The story moves properly into this the courtroom up from episode 5 onward.5.
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* ThePasswordIsAlwaysSwordfish: Teresa Halbach's voicemail and online phone records were easy to access from the outside because she used her birthday in the password.
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* IfItBleedsItLeads: When they interview the Dateline NBC producer, she mentions how this case is the perfect story for them as murder is hot at the moment. It's what everybody wants to see. And they try to beat out the other networks for coverage on the story.
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* HadToComeToPrisonToBeACrook: When asked for Steven's motive to kill Teresa Halbach, some interviewees expressed the opinion that the 18 years in prison may have taken a toll on him psychologically.
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''Making a Murderer'' is an American true crime {{documentary}} television series written and directed by Laura Ricciardi and Moira Demos.
It is 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. He was again charged in 2005 and convicted in 2007 for the murder of Teresa Halbach. The connected story is that of Brendan Dassey, accused and convicted as an accessory in the murder.
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* HadToComeToPrisonToBeACrook: When asked for Steven's motive o kill Teresa Halbach, some interviewees expressed the opinion that the 18 years in prison may have taken a toll on Steven psychologically.
* InstitutionalApparel: The black-and-white striped prison suit Steven has to wear when they jail him for the murder of Teresa Halbach. Lampshaded by his attorney:
--> "[..] we can dress him up in something that makes him look like he jumped off a Monopoly game board or something. He's a "get out of jail free" card come to life."
''Making a Murderer'' is an American true crime {{documentary}} television series written and directed by Laura Ricciardi and Moira Demos.
It is 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. He was again charged in 2005 and convicted in 2007 for the murder of Teresa Halbach. The connected story is that of Brendan Dassey, accused and convicted as an accessory in the murder.
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!!Tropes:
* HadToComeToPrisonToBeACrook: When asked for Steven's motive o kill Teresa Halbach, some interviewees expressed the opinion that the 18 years in prison may have taken a toll on Steven psychologically.
* InstitutionalApparel: The black-and-white striped prison suit Steven has to wear when they jail him for the murder of Teresa Halbach. Lampshaded by his attorney:
--> "[..] we can dress him up in something that makes him look like he jumped off a Monopoly game board or something. He's a "get out of jail free" card come to life."
