AS THE SLOW TRICKLE OF INFORMATION CONTINUES TO BE
RELEASED IN THE PRESS REGARDING MAKING A MURDERER, AND THE
SUBJECT OF THAT DOCUMENTARY SERIES, STEVEN AVERY, WE
FIND THAT THE STATE OF WISCONSIN ACTUALLY TRIED TO STOP THE
DOCUMENTARIANS FROM DOING THEIR JOBS.
IN FACT, THEY RECEIVED A SUBPOENA THAT COULD HAVE
SHUT DOWN THEIR WHOLE INVESTIGATION.
ACCORDING TO THE DIRECTORS AND PRODUCERS BEHIND MAKING A
MURDERER, "THERE WERE MANY CHALLENGES.
ONE WAS, THE STATE OF WISCONSIN TRIED TO SUBPOENA OUR FOOTAGE.
WE HAD TO HIRE A LAWYER AND FILE A MOTION TO QUASH THE
SUBPOENA, WHICH WE WANT.
IF STATE HAD ONE WE WOULD HAVE EFFECTIVELY SHUT DOWN THE
PRODUCTION."
THEY HAD TO PROVE THAT THE FOOTAGE AND INFORMATION
THAT THEY HAD WAS NOT UNIQUE.
THE DIRECTOR RESPONDED BACK AND SAID, THE FOOTAGE WE HAVE
IS JUST OF THE COURT PROCEEDINGS, IT IS THE SAME
THING THAT EVERYONE ELSE HAS ACCESS TO.
WHAT WE HAVE IS PUBLIC INFORMATION, WE HAVEN'T
DONE ANYTHING WRONG SO WE ARE GOING TO FIGHT THE SUBPOENA.
LUCKILY THEY WON AND THEY WERE ABLE TO PRODUCE THIS
DOCUMENTARY SERIES.
THERE IS A HUGE DEBATE ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT STEVEN AVERY
IS GUILTY OR NOT GUILTY.
HE MAY VERY WELL BE GUILTY; HOWEVER, IN ORDER TO
CONVICT SOMEONE OF MURDER, WHICH IS WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM, YOU
HAVE TO PROVE THAT HE IS GUILTY BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT.
IF YOU WATCH THE DOCUMENTARY SERIES, IT IS VERY CLEAR
THAT THERE IS REASONABLE DOUBT IN EVERY SINGLE EPISODE OF
THAT SERIES.
EVERY SINGLE EPISODE OF THAT SERIES HAS SOME EVIDENCE
THAT CASTS REASONABLE DOUBT.
THIS IS JUST ANOTHER PIECE OF EVIDENCE FOR ME, WHY DID
THE STATE OF WISCONSIN WANT TO SHUT THIS DOWN?
HAVE YOU LADIES SEEING THIS DOCUMENTARY?
I HAVE NOT, SO I FEEL LIKE I'M GOING TO BE OUT OF THE LOOP.
WE HAVE COVERED THIS ON THE LIP SO FREQUENTLY.
IT IS UNBELIEVABLE HOW PEOPLE ARE RESPONDING TO THIS
DOCUMENTARY.
THERE WAS A PETITION FOR THE PRESIDENT TO LOOK AT THIS CASE,
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WANT THIS THREE LOOKED AT.
I HAD NOT SEEN IT PRIOR TO COVERING IT.
HE SUED THE POLICE FOR 36 MILLION, THEY HAD WRONGFULLY
ACCUSED HIM, THERE WAS A LOT OF
ISSUES GOING ON WITH THE POLICE ñ OR THE SHERIFF INVOLVED.
IT WAS MANTUA COUNTY, THE COUNTY THAT PROSECUTED HIM FOR
RAPE THAT HE DID NOT CONVICT.
HE SERVED EIGHTEEN YEARS IN PRISON AS A RESULT OF THAT.
WHEN HE WAS RELEASED FROM PRISON THANKS TO DNA EVIDENCE
UNCOVERED BY THE INNOCENCE PROJECT, HE DECIDED TO SUE
THE COUNTY FOR $36 MILLION.
AS SOON AS THAT LAWSUIT STARTS GETTING SOME TRACTION, THEY SLAP
HIM WITH THE NEW ACCUSATION, INDICATING THAT HE MURDERED
SOMEONE BY THE NAME OF TERESA
HALBACH.
AND SO, THERE IS A CONFLICT OF INTEREST IF MANTUA COUNTY
IS INVOLVED IN THE NEW INVESTIGATION, BECAUSE
THEY'RE GETTING SUED BY THIS MAN.
BUT APPARENTLY THAT DID NOT MATTER, THEY STILL HAD A LOT OF
INVOLVEMENT IN THE PROSECUTION, THE INVESTIGATION OF THIS MAN.
THERE WAS LOTS OF EVIDENCE UNVEILED BY THE DEFENSE TEAM
THAT CASTS REASONABLE DOUBT, SO
HE SHOULD HAVE A RETRIAL.
I'M NOT SAYING THAT THE DOCUMENTARY SERIES WAS SO
ACCURATE AND WE SHOULD RELEASE HIM RIGHT NOW, I'M JUST
SAYING THERE WAS A LOT OF FISHY INFORMATION GOING ON.
THE MOST INTERESTING THING ABOUT THE CASE THAT THE FILM
MAKERS BROUGHT AGAINST THE STATE OF WISCONSIN WAS THAT THE
EVIDENCE WAS NOT UNIQUE, BECAUSE HE WAS CONSTANTLY UNDER
SURVEILLANCE BEING IN PRISON AND HIS PHONE CALLS WERE
MONITORED AS WELL.
THEY WERE JUST PRODUCING THAT THE STATE ñ THEY WERE JUST
PRODUCING THE CONCEPT WHAT THE STATE OF WISCONSIN ALREADY HAD
TWO VIEWERS, AND THIS IS WHAT
THEY HAD AN ISSUE WITH.
IT IS SO FRUSTRATING.
JOURNALISTS HAVE A DIFFICULT JOB TO DO, AND WHEN YOU WANT TO
BE A REAL JOURNALIST THERE ARE SOME SERIOUS OBSTACLES YOU
HAVE TO OVERCOME, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO PEOPLE IN
POWER, GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, ANYONE WHO LET MUSCLES TO
FLEX IN A CASE LIKE THIS.
I REALLY COMMEND THE FILM MAKERS FOR GOING AFTER THE STORY
AND BEING FEARLESS IN REPORTING IT.