Man Who was Released from Jail After DNA Proved He was Wrongfully Accused of Rape, Kills Woman
Sunday, a jury convicted Avery of first degree murder of 25 year old Teresa Halbach. The young photographer was killed on Halloween in 2005 and her burned remains were found outside of Steven Avery's home. As a result he will be sent back to prison, this time with a life sentence.
Teresa Halbach disappeared October 31st of 2005 after she went to Avery's junk yard to photograph a car for sale. Steven Avery had asked her that morning to come by and take pictures. Her car was found a couple of days later under tree scraps and old car pieces and police spent days searching the property for clues of her disappearance. Parts of badly burnt bones were found behind Avery's garage as was Halbach's cellular phone and camera.
Steven Avery's nephew Brendan Dassey will be on trial in April after confessing that he also helped kill the young woman as well as raping her before her death. Charges may be added to Avery's sentence after the results of his nephews hearing come out.
In his defense, Avery's lawyer pleaded with Jurors to "set things straight" when they made their decision. This was in reference to his wrongfully accused rape charges 2 decades before. But prosecutors made it clear that the two were not connected and had nothing to do with on another. What happened to Steven Avery years ago was bad justice but he should not be free to live life outside of prison now as a result of what happened in the past.
Steven Avery's attorney even claimed that law enforcement planted evidence in the Halbach murder to make sure that he spent the rest of his life in prison. The idea is that the police department was embarrassed by what happened and moved the bones to Avery's junk yard, placed his blood there as well to make him look like the prime suspect.
But these accusations are very absurd, especially since the evidence against Steven Avery is so strong including his nephew's confession and the timeline of the events that happened that tragic day. Law enforcement in Wisconsin denies having any embarrassment over what happened, they admit Steven was wrongly accused of the rape in 1985 but the murder in 2005 is clearly on his shoulders.
Sources:
Anthony Bruno. "The Murder of Theresa Halbach" CrimeLibrary.com
http://www.crimelibrary.com/serial_killers/predators/steven_avery_halbach/1.html
Associated Press. "Cleared of Rape after 18 years, Now convicted of Murder" CNN.comhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/LAW/03/18/missing.photog.ap/index.html
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2 Comments
Post a CommentHmmm. I'm suspicious of any case where there is even a possibility of police tampering. Why is the burden of proof on the defense? What does it take to establish reasonable doubt?
I'm not saying that this guy is innocent. I have absolutely no knowledge of this case. All I'm saying is how can we be sure that he's guilty? Wrongful convictions seem to be all over the news lately. Clearly, real crimes are happening, but I have to wonder if our system is so strongly in favor of the prosecution that maybe the police aren't even trying to get the right person anymore. After all, in today's criminal justice, everyone is presumed guilty unless (somehow) proven innocent (despite rumors to the contrary - think about it: you can spend more time in jail for being accused of something than you get for being convicted.) Our system is biased and broken. But that's another article.
Oh my, what a strange event and sad too.