Netflix’s Making a Murderer has come under a lot of internet scrutiny. Critics claim that the true crime documentary, which chronicles the story of murder suspect Steven Avery, left out a lot of evidence and misrepresented some people, including Jodi Stachowski, Avery’s ex-fiancée.
Making a Murderer’s creators have finally responded to criticisms of missing evidence
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Now the documentary’s creators have responded to those criticisms.
Before we start, if you want to get caught up on the discussion surrounding the documentary and all the missing evidence, read Vox’s explainer. This post only covers the creators’ response.
With that out of the way, here’s what they said in a big tweetstorm on Wednesday, January 20.
Why didn’t Making a Murderer include the evidence found under the hood of murder victim Teresa Halbach’s car?
The question is how it got there. A crime lab expert testified that he went under the hood after... (1 of 4) https://t.co/2KN6Q5lAJD
— Making A Murderer (@MakingAMurderer) January 20, 2016
(2 of 4) handling other evidence and did not change his gloves. The defense argued there was the potential... https://t.co/2KN6Q5lAJD
— Making A Murderer (@MakingAMurderer) January 20, 2016
(3 of 4) for contamination. The alternative argument was planting. It was disputed evidence and ... https://t.co/2KN6Q5lAJD
— Making A Murderer (@MakingAMurderer) January 20, 2016
(4 of 4) neither side was presented in the series with respect to this less significant evidence. https://t.co/2KN6Q5lAJD
— Making A Murderer (@MakingAMurderer) January 20, 2016
Why is Jodi Stachowski, Avery’s ex-fiancée, now speaking out against the documentary? And is it true that footage of her was used without her permission?
We have no idea what's behind Jodi's recent statements. (1 of 2) #AskMAM https://t.co/Iwg9qeVic7
— Making A Murderer (@MakingAMurderer) January 20, 2016
The filming we did w/ her 9 years ago accurately captured her views and state of mind at the time. (2 of 2) #AskMAM https://t.co/Iwg9qeVic7
— Making A Murderer (@MakingAMurderer) January 20, 2016
We had her permission to use all the footage. It's not true that she asked us not to be part of the documentary. https://t.co/jqOQdMt33j
— Making A Murderer (@MakingAMurderer) January 20, 2016
Why didn’t the documentary include Teresa Halbach’s alleged complaints about Avery prior to her death?
The judge excluded the evidence. The woman who outside the presence of the jury testified abt conversation (1 of 4) https://t.co/DZmrAkYzFf
— Making A Murderer (@MakingAMurderer) January 20, 2016
...with Teresa was the receptionist for Auto Trader (2 of 4) https://t.co/DZmrAkYzFf
— Making A Murderer (@MakingAMurderer) January 20, 2016
Who said it was a 10-15 second conversation about unusual or funny things that happened with customers (3 of 4) https://t.co/DZmrAkYzFf
— Making A Murderer (@MakingAMurderer) January 20, 2016
And here Teresa said "Ew" and laughed. You can check the trial transcript. (4 of 4) https://t.co/MRkQKdTqo9 https://t.co/DZmrAkYzFf
— Making A Murderer (@MakingAMurderer) January 20, 2016
Making a Murderer’s creators want people to focus on the systemic issues exposed by the documentary, not just the little details
Vote to encourage ethical behavior by those working in the system (1 of 4) #AskMAM https://t.co/Qnc3dmypF5
— Making A Murderer (@MakingAMurderer) January 20, 2016
Support reforms re how juvenile suspects are questioned, support funding for public defenders (2 of 4) #AskMAM https://t.co/Qnc3dmypF5
— Making A Murderer (@MakingAMurderer) January 20, 2016
Demand accountability for misconduct in office (3 of 4) #AskMAM https://t.co/Qnc3dmypF5
— Making A Murderer (@MakingAMurderer) January 20, 2016
Write to editors and/or news directors when you see/read prejudicial pretrial publicity (4 of 4) #AskMAM https://t.co/Qnc3dmypF5
— Making A Murderer (@MakingAMurderer) January 20, 2016
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