Friday, January 15, 2016
Making A Murderer Reflection
The story about Steven Avery is a shocking display of corruption in the justice system. The Manitowoc County Police Department showed many aspects of corruption. Avery was suspected and convicted of violently raping a woman. I found that it was shocking that the police did not investigate Gregory Allen for this crime even though he had a history of violence and sexual assault and was in the Manitowoc County area. Manitowoc County detective Thomas Bergner told Manitowoc County Sheriff, Tom Kocourek, that he believe Gregory Allen was the perpetrator in this case, but the Sheriff did not believe the detective and continued to charge Avery with the crime even though he had a solid alibi. The Sheriff's Department seemed to have a grudge with Avery because of his past run ins with the law. The investigation was mainly driven off of emotions instead of actual evidence.
It was relieving when Avery was released from prison because of new DNA evidence that concluded that the real assailant in this case was Gregory Allen from before. Evidence found, soon pointed that the Sheriff's Department must have known that Avery was innocent but continued prosecution against him. Avery never stopped fighting to prove his innocence during the 18 years he was incarcerated and it finally paid off.
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