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    Indefensible: The Missing Truth about Steven Avery, Teresa Halbach, and Making a Murderer
    Indefensible: The Missing Truth about Steven Avery, Teresa Halbach, and Making a Murderer
    Indefensible: The Missing Truth about Steven Avery, Teresa Halbach, and Making a Murderer
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    Indefensible: The Missing Truth about Steven Avery, Teresa Halbach, and Making a Murderer

    Written by Michael Griesbach

    Narrated by James Foster

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    An insider exposes the shocking facts deliberately left out of the hit Netflix series Making a Murderer—and argues persuasively that Steven Avery was rightfully convicted in the 2005 killing of Teresa Halbach.

    After serving eighteen years for a crime he didn’t commit, Steven Avery was freed—and filed a thirty-six-million-dollar lawsuit against Manitowoc County, Wisconsin. But before the suit could be settled, Avery was arrested again—this time for the brutal murder of Teresa Halbach—and, through the office of a special prosecutor, convicted once more.

    When the saga exploded onto the public consciousness with the airing of Making a Murderer, Michael Griesbach, a prosecutor and member of Wisconsin’s Innocence Project who had been instrumental in Avery’s 2003 exoneration, was targeted on social media, threatened—and plagued by doubt. Now, in this suspenseful, thorough narrative, he recounts his own re-examination of the evidence in light of the whirlwind of controversy stirred up by the blockbuster true-crime series.

    As Griesbach carefully reviews allegations of tampering and planted evidence, the confession by Avery’s developmentally disabled nephew, Brendan Dassey, and statements by Avery’s former girlfriend Jodi Stachowski, previously sealed documents deemed inadmissible at trial by Judge Patrick L. Willis—and a little-known, plausible alternate suspect—Griesbach shows how the filmmakers’ agenda, the accused man’s dramatic backstory, and sensational media coverage have clouded the truth about Steven Avery.

    Now as Avery’s defense counsel files an appeal and prepares to do battle in the courtroom once more, Griesbach fights to set the record straight, determined that evidence should be followed where it leads and justice should be served—for as surely as our legal system should not send an innocent man to prison, neither should it let a guilty man walk free.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrilliance Audio
    Release dateAug 30, 2016
    ISBN9781531824297
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    Michael Griesbach

    Michael Griesbach is a longtime Wisconsin prosecutor and active member of the board of advisers at the Wisconsin Innocence Project. He is a frequent presenter and panelist on the topic of wrongful convictions and their causes. He has also presented on other topics concerning the criminal justice system and its need for reform. Mr. Griesbach is the author of the widely acclaimed, The Innocent Killer: A True Story of a Wrongful Conviction and its Astonishing Aftermath, published by the American Bar Association in 2014. He hopes to leave his readers better informed about the criminal justice system and more concerned about those whose lives it deeply

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    • 5/5
      Convincing narrative that highlights the killer's heinous character. Making a Murderer was an entertaining documentary but it was so biased as to be laughable. I never agreed with the filmmakers that Avery was innocent; neither does this author.

      2 people found this helpful

    • 4/5
      I cant believe i was so stupid as to believe Making a Murderer was based on fact. I actually signed that piece of crap's petition! The difference between the statements in this book and the ao called documentary are that I was able to verify absolutely everything this author has said. I feel like Netflix has lowered themselves to a level i cant even comprehend. Sickening

      2 people found this helpful

    • 4/5
      If you liked making a murder, this is an excellent 2nd perspective! I think it's a great, objective read and allowed readers/watchers to determine a conclusion for themselves!

      2 people found this helpful

    • 5/5
      The author gives complete comparisons between the documentary “Making A Murderer” and the court testimony from an unbiased position. Excellent book!

      2 people found this helpful

    • 4/5
      If you watched the hit series "Making a Murderer" and thought Steven Avery was framed; you need to read/listen to this book. It changed my perspective
      of the convicted murderer, Steven Avery. The writer points out how a documentarian can edit and manipulate facts in order to sway the viewers' opinion.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 3/5
      Decent book but distortion of certain facts is glaring and a obvious bias. As much as he says he doesn’t have bias. Repetitive chapters that are just rehashing half his other book. Sweaty is his andken kratz favorite word.
    • 1/5
      Worst book ever im dumber for having read it dont waste time or money stupid ramblings of a guilty man and guilty system .
    • 4/5
      Well written account of the crime behind the Netflix "documentary" Making a Murderer. With so much reality tv I think a lot of times the public will believe what they see in a supposed documentary. It was certainly interesting to read this book and put closure to any doubts that may have been rattling around. Avery is a deviant person and a murderer and he is where he belongs. I also believe Dassey is where he belongs as well. I know that people can write false information in books as well as documentaries, but for now, I will go with the written word.