Making A Murderer Analysis

When they interrogated Michael they did so multiple times in a span of two days. Further, their last interrogating, the one during which Michael confessed, lasted six hours (“United States,” 2010). The fact that Michael spent so much time being interrogated, definitely increased the likelihood of him providing a false confession (Costanzo & Krauss, 2015). Another factor that played a role was the fact that Michael was only 14 at the time (“United States,” 2010). His age meant that he was not yet developmentally capable of handling this situation. Michael, as a 14 year old, was more likely to spend time thinking about the present instead of the future, and might not contemplate the full consequences of his actions. Therefore, it is very likely that he confessed to escape the situation, without completely releasing what the consequences were going to be (Costanzo & Krauss, 2015). Further, Michael was also alone when he was interrogated (“United States,” 2010). Had the police provided him with an uninvolved third party that would look out for his well-being and help him understand the situation he was in, he might have been less likely to falsely confess (Costanzo & Krauss,

The Prosecution relied mainly on evidence from both the police and unsworn (meaning the witnesses were not put under oath at the time their knowledge of the events occurred) testimony of three young children. The first child was a 6 year-old boy who was thought to be with Corey and the accused at the

The criminal justice system is meant to protect the innocent, and punish those who are guilty of a crime. However, no system is perfect, and as a result, sometimes the innocent become victims of the system that was meant to protect them. How exactly do these innocent people become victims of the system? Sometimes the person gets framed, and the crime scene is staged to point a finger at them. Sometimes, there is no strong physical evidence against them, yet circumstantial evidence is used by the crown to put them away. This happened to a 17 year old boy named Adnan Syed in Baltimore, Maryland, who was imprisoned for life, for the alleged murder of his ex-girlfriend Hae Lee. Throughout the Serial podcast, Sarah Koenig is able to critically analyze information which proves Adnan’s innocence. Firstly, Asia’s letters gave Adnan an alibi for the time of the murder. Secondly, Adnan’s innocence can be demonstrated through the lack of any strong evidence and the prosecution’s use of circumstantial evidence which can be disproved. Thirdly, Jay’s constantly changing testimony is not credible evidence of Adnan’s guilt, making him innocent.

The questionable forensic evidence, the untrustworthy witnesses and the insufficient investigation are all reasons why Steven Truscott should never have been charged with the rape and murder of Lynne Harper. Being charged with something you did not commit is something nobody wants to go through. Evidence, witnesses and the investigation portion is very important for a case to run correctly. It took Steven Truscott 42 years to finally get his name cleared. He went through many trials and hearings to finally get the news one day that he was free to go. Most of his life was taken from him that he will never get back. “They finally got it right after all these years. I am so used to fighting. Now we don’t have to fight anymore.”

Steven Avery's case has been one of the most captivating cases in the nation to hit the Netflix series. So many people have argued whether or not Steven Avery is guilty or innocetnce. I believe Steven Avery is guilty for the murder of Teresa Halbach. The reason I believe this is because Every piece of information in this case leads to none other than Steven Avery. This is why I believe Steven Avery is guilty for making Teresa Halbach a target, finding evidence in Steven Avery's property, and Brendan for being a witness.

The way the plot of Killings by Andre Dubus is arranged changes how the reader sees the characters in the story. This plot starts out in the present, then goes into the past, then back to the present. There are two main characters, and three secondary characters in this story. The way the reader views all of these characters is affected by the plot arrangement. The two primary characters who are most important to the plot, and also most affected by the plot arrangement, are Matt Fowler and Richard Strout. Because the first thing the reader reads in the exposition of the story is “On the August morning when Matt Fowler buried his youngest son, Frank, who had lived for twenty-one years, eight months, and four days…” pg 93, and not Richard Strout’s backstory and reasoning for his actions, they are immediately persuaded by the author to feel sympathy towards Matt. The author needs the reader to feel this sympathy so that when Matt kills Strout at the climax of the plot, Matt is not viewed as the antagonist of the story, but rather as the protagonist. The author needs the reader to view Strout as the antagonist so that the reader does not dislike Matt, and so that the story is one of justified revenge and not just another murder. If the reader had been presented with the plot in chronological order, with Strout’s backstory and reasoning for killing Frank first, then the reader might almost feel bad for Strout. If seen like this, one might conclude that, while he did not take

The film “Murder on a Sunday Morning” is a documentary on the murder of Mary Ann Stephens. This murder took place on May 7, 2000, in Jacksonville, Florida. Mary Anne Stephens was at the Ramada hotel with her husband when a dark male wearing a dark shirt, shorts, and a flat brim hat approached her and demanded for her purse. Within 5 seconds she was shot in the face by the bridge of her nose and killed. It was later that day hat Brenton Butler was stopped by police and identified by husband of Mary Anne Stephens. Brenton Butler was taken into custody where he remained for the next six months facing charges of murder in the first degree and armed robbery. Through evidence such as the clothes Brenton was wearing on the day of the murder, an alibi of going to blockbuster to hand in an application, and lack of forensic testing, Brenton was found not guilty in the case of Florida v. Brenton Leonard Butler after the jury convened for forty-five minutes on the twenty-first of November in 2000. The Jacksonville grand jury also decided not to file criminal charged against the three officers. After the case on March 12, 2001 the forensics department retrieved the purse to process all parts of it to find fingerprints matching to Juan Curtis who admitted to shooting Mary Ann Stephens. The Butler family planed to sue the sheriffs officers in an $8.5 million civil rights lawsuit.

Think about how often people get arrested and how often trials are held every year, let alone every day. Oftentimes, innocent people are accused and charged for a crime that wasn’t their fault. This was the case for Adnan Syed, an innocent guy who was put in jail for a murder case. On January 13, 1999, Hae Min Lee was murdered at the age of 17. The evidence in this case was very unexplainable, but of course, the state went after Hae’s ex-boyfriend Adnan who really had nothing to do with the murder. Things that prove Adnan’s innocence are the breakup between him and Hae, how Adnan thought about and his feelings towards Hae, how the times and stories told with others didn’t suit well, and his alibi. Additionally, his DNA didn’t match with items

One piece of evidence that proves the boy’s innocence is the height of the father. This takes an effect on the evidence against the boy because he is 6 inches shorter than his father was. So it would have been harder for the boy to stab the dad it would of taking

Prior to his arrest and conviction, Brendan Dassey was a 16-year-old high school sophomore, and was described as a very shy boy who didn’t say much and a slow learner with “really, really bad grades” (Dassey v. Ditmann). He had no prior contact with law enforcement, and in school, he followed the rules and didn’t cause any trouble. However, Dassey also suffered from intellectual deficits, such as a “low average to borderline IQ,” difficulties in understanding certain aspects of language, difficulties with expressing himself verbally, as well as difficulties in the “social aspects of communication,” which included “understanding and using nonverbal cues, facial expressions, eye contact, body language, [and] tone of voice” (Dassey v. Ditmann). Due to his intellectual deficits,

[I]n 2001, three young men robbed a McDonald’s restaurant in Milwaukee. 14-year-old Jerrell C.J. was arrested in connection with the offense, taken to the police station, booked, and placed in an interrogation room. In the room, Jerrell was handcuffed to a wall and left alone for approximately two hours. At 9 a.m., Police Detectives Ralph Spano and Kurt Sutter entered the interrogation room. The detectives introduced themselves, removed Jerrell’s handcuffs, and asked him some background questions. Jerrell stated that he was 14 years old and in the eighth grade. He also provided the names, addresses, and phone numbers of his parents and siblings. Jerrell was advised of his Miranda rights, and the detectives then began to question Jerrell about the armed robbery. Jerrell denied any involvement. The detectives challenged this denial and encouraged Jerrell to be "truthful and honest" and "start standing up for what he did." Jerrell again denied his involvement. The detectives again challenged his denial.

Steven Avery, a family man, a victim of injustice and an accused murderer. One may have reasoned that his murder conviction was a crime of passion, due to the injustice Steven suffered from his 1985 false conviction of rape and assault, but that may have been before his story caught national attention. A documentary, “Making a Murderer”, directed by Laura Ricciardi and Moira Demos, arose from his story’s infamy. With this documentary came numerous questions as to Avery’s possible innocence, but above all else answers that shed light on a possibly corrupt justice system that appears intent on framing Steven Avery for Teresa Halbach’s murder. “Making a Murderer” effectively portrays a message of the injustice of Steven Avery’s murder conviction and possible corruption within the Manitowoc’s justice system through the use of footage and accounts from people who were involved with his conviction.

It was a cold grey day in late November. The weather had changed overnight, when a backing wind brought a granite sky and a mizzling rain with it, and although it was now only a little after two o’clock in the afternoon the pallor of a winter evening seemed to have closed upon the hills, cloaking them in mist. It would be dark by four. The air was clammy cold, and for all the tightly closed windows it penetrated the interior of the coach. The leather seats felt damp to the hands, and there must have been a small crack in the roof, because now and again little drips of rain fell softly through, smudging the leather and leaving a dark-blue stain like a splodge of ink. The wind came in gusts, at times shaking the coach as it travelled round the

As morbid as it sounds, murders, crime scenes, mysteries, and criminals have always interested me. In 2012 when An Officer and a Murderer came out I was thirteen and after I watched it I ended up doing research on it because it was based off a true story. One of the most interesting aspects is the fact that his murders and attacks completely shocked the world. This movie definitely stuck in my head for a long time because it was beyond belief that a respected colonel of an air force base in Canada could do so many horrendous crimes.

There are two fundamental characters in each work. In Poe's The Murders in the Rue Morgue, there are the detective C. Auguste Dupin and the storyteller. In Rampo's The Beast in the Shadows, the detective is called Akechi Kogoro and the storyteller lead the story. Poe presents the model of the detective who is constantly sharp and carefully observe everything in The Murders in the Rue Morgue, surprisingly. The characters in the two stories are similar. For instance, the two detectives almost have the same hobby. I think that it is because of Dupin and Akechi do the same thing for a living as a detective. Detectives are typically men of sharp -perception and are great at inferring a conclusion. Hence, the two like perusing books. In The Murders in the Rue Morgue, the storyteller outlines the first run through when detective Dupin and the storyteller meet at the library where there are many books. In The Beast in the Shadows , there is likewise a delineation of Akechi's room which is loaded with various books. There is additionally a vital character: storyteller. In both of Poe and Rampo's stories, the storyteller clarifies the entire story and infrequently shows the detectives and even their contemplations. In The Murders in the Rue Morgue, the storyteller portrays Dupin's general qualities like this: "Observing him in these moods, I often dwelt meditatively upon the old philosophy of the Bi-Part Soul, and amused myself with the fancy of a double-Dupin-the creative and the