Making A Murderer: 6 Developments In The Avery Case Since It Debuted

Find out what's happened since the end of episode 10.

By Mark Langshaw /

Regardless of whether you believe Steven Avery and his vulnerable young nephew Brendan Dassey are guilty of the crimes they€™re serving life sentences for, Netflix€™s gripping documentary Making A Murderer is a damning indictment of how their cases were handled and a deafening call for reform to the American justice system. You€™ve probably binge-watched your way through the ten-part serial by now but, for the two people who haven€™t yet, it focuses on Wisconsin resident Avery, who served 18 years in prison for a rape he didn€™t commit before DNA evidence cleared him, only to be convicted and sent down for life for the murder of a freelance photographer named Teresa Halbach four years after his release. Dassey, 16 at the time, was charged with being a party to first-degree intentional homicide, mutilation of a corpse, and sexual assault, and later convicted at a separate trial. But Making A Murderer poked gaping holes in both cases by flagging up dubious evidence, constitutional rights violations, conflicts of interest, and seemingly coerced confessions. It will leave you aghast, riveted, and stunned€ and that€™s just the hairstyles and beards. No doubt the withdrawal symptoms kicked in before episode ten€™s credits rolled, but Avery and Dassey maintain their innocence and their gut-wrenching story is yet to reach its conclusion - so here are six developments in the case since Netflix launched the show.