Posted on Jan 6, 2016
What are your thoughts after watching "Making a Murderer"?
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First I am not taking either side as I understand that this is made on more the defense side. I am from WI and remember as this case broke. As I watched documentry I was shocked at the police work by the Manitowoc sheriff's department. The questioning of the 16 year old, the lack of physical evidence, and horrible crime scene protection. Also it makes u take a look at the Reed way of interogation, as MPI I have gone through this technique. If u want to watch what not what to do, or just the lack of good judgment by the WI justice department I do suggest this. Again I can't imagine the pain of the family of Teresa, but as Law Enforcement our job is to find the truth.
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It was definitely thought-provoking.
Honestly, I don't know what they were thinking. Did they just want to find somebody to blame? Trying to make the facts fit the hypothesis?
Very shoddy work by several parties.
Honestly, I don't know what they were thinking. Did they just want to find somebody to blame? Trying to make the facts fit the hypothesis?
Very shoddy work by several parties.
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SMSgt Thor Merich
As a 30+ year LEO on the civilian side, and someone who spent the majority of my career in Investigations (including Homicide), I am embarrassed by this case. Law Enforcement is constantly trying to improve its image with the public. Cases like this don't help.
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SMSgt Thor Merich
SSG Porter, Brad - The state that the department is located in matters also. Some states have POST (Peace Officers Standards and Training) or something like it. POST sets minimum standards that all LEO's must meet. In California, I had peace officer powers anywhere in the state because I met the POST standards. Some states do not have POST and each department can set it owns standards, which is why their police powers only extend to the county line or city limit.
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The "documentary" was intriguing. I was left with several nagging questions:
1-how the hell did Sgt Coburn call into dispatch and run her plate unless he was looking right at it or the car. If I do a registration search by name, it comes back with the plate, so what's the reason he did this? Shady
2-Lt Lenk is a highly suspicious individual. He first testifies that he was at the yard when they found the car at 6-7 pm. He then testified that he showed up around 2 which was conveniently before the crime scene log was started.
3-how is there none of her dna on the key when she touches the thing every day? Only avery's was on it...shady
4-the whole thing start to finish with Brendan was just wrong
5-Avery is smart enough to clean up all the blood from them cutting her throat and dragging her throughout the Mobil home (which is impossible by the way), but he isn't smart enough to clean this blood from her vehicle? He also has a car crusher on site and doesn't use it?Shady
6-Steve tadych's testimony is proven false and he struck me as a a possible suspect but was never even considered?
7-Jodi calls Avery from jail twice on the night Theresa was murdered. The phone conversations were recorded and Avery didn't sound like he was killing someone or just killed someone. He was more concerned with Jodi than anything else.
8-it took them over a year to test the semen on the rape victim for the earlier offense to exonerate him. It only took the fbi 2 weeks to turn around an EDTA test? A test that they had not done in over 10 years? Shady
9-manitowoc deputies were not supposed to be investigating but they are the ones who are finding all the "smoking gun" evidence? Evidence that was not found during multiple searches in the first place and only found months later? Shady
I'm not saying that Avery is innocent, he needs a new fair trial, but I honestly believe he got railroaded again.
1-how the hell did Sgt Coburn call into dispatch and run her plate unless he was looking right at it or the car. If I do a registration search by name, it comes back with the plate, so what's the reason he did this? Shady
2-Lt Lenk is a highly suspicious individual. He first testifies that he was at the yard when they found the car at 6-7 pm. He then testified that he showed up around 2 which was conveniently before the crime scene log was started.
3-how is there none of her dna on the key when she touches the thing every day? Only avery's was on it...shady
4-the whole thing start to finish with Brendan was just wrong
5-Avery is smart enough to clean up all the blood from them cutting her throat and dragging her throughout the Mobil home (which is impossible by the way), but he isn't smart enough to clean this blood from her vehicle? He also has a car crusher on site and doesn't use it?Shady
6-Steve tadych's testimony is proven false and he struck me as a a possible suspect but was never even considered?
7-Jodi calls Avery from jail twice on the night Theresa was murdered. The phone conversations were recorded and Avery didn't sound like he was killing someone or just killed someone. He was more concerned with Jodi than anything else.
8-it took them over a year to test the semen on the rape victim for the earlier offense to exonerate him. It only took the fbi 2 weeks to turn around an EDTA test? A test that they had not done in over 10 years? Shady
9-manitowoc deputies were not supposed to be investigating but they are the ones who are finding all the "smoking gun" evidence? Evidence that was not found during multiple searches in the first place and only found months later? Shady
I'm not saying that Avery is innocent, he needs a new fair trial, but I honestly believe he got railroaded again.
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Also the call from that deputy right after they found the car. Oh so they have Avery in custody
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I am also a federal law enforcement officer with the USCG and after watching that documentary there was way too mm any holes in that case for it to even have gone to trial. (Just in my opinion) I don't have much experience in interrogation beyond "Tactical Questioning" but to me the confession of Brandon was completely coworst. I found it weirdthat Brandon was found guilty on all three charges and Steven only on two. I also found problems with Brandon's pre-trial lawyer and how the judge dismissed the lawyer but did not dismiss the testimony from him and the investagator. Isn't that under fruits from a poisons tree type of thing?
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