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The Netflix documentary Making a Murderer isn’t a true documentary, according to Judge Jeanine Pirro.
“What they did was try to sway their audience,” Pirro said. “This isn’t a documentary.”
Pirro, appearing on Fox News’ The Kelly File, said filmmakers didn’t show both sides of the case of convicted murderers Steven Avery, now 52, and nephew Brendan Dassey, now 25. Pirro said there was a lot of evidence suggesting the two were guilty of murdering Teresa Halbach in 2005 beyond a reasonable doubt.
Halbach went to Avery’s residence to take a picture of a car he was selling. Dassey confessed to Halbach’s murder with great detail of the crime. Dassey later recounted his confession. Both men were convicted of murder and sentenced to life. Avery was sentenced to life without parole while Dassey isn’t eligible for parole for at least 41 years.
“You are probably the most dangerous individual ever to set foot in this courtroom,” said Manitowoc County Circuit Judge Patrick Willis. “From what I see nothing in your life suggests that society would ever be safe from your behavior.”
Judge Pirro said thousands of people are signing petitions for Avery to be released because they don’t realize all of the evidence wasn’t presented in the series. Some of the evidence missing from the series includes phone calls Avery made to Halbach, her presence at his junkyard, her bones found in a fire pit by his trailer, and DNA evidence in Avery’s garage and under the hood of Halbach’s vehicle.
Host Megyn Kelly also pointed out a fact most of those viewing the series never realized — Making a Murderer was not intended to be a documentary. It’s original purpose was to be a submission for Avery’s defense in his trial.