A development in the case made famous by Netflix’s hit documentary could lead to a retrial, says Avery’s lawyer
Steven Avery, the subject of the popular Netflix series Making a Murderer, will have his case re-examined by a court in Wisconsin after winning the right to an appeal.
Avery is serving a life sentence for the murder of 25-year-old photographer Teresa Halbach in 2005. He maintains his innocence.
His lawyer, Kathleen Zellner, who featured heavily in the true-crime series’ second season, filed a motion to appeal on 13 February. She claimed that human bones discovered in a gravel pit on the Avery property were never tested for DNA, then later given to the Halbach family, which violates state law.
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