Re: Making a Murderer updates
No governor would do that...half the state would burn you in effigy.
And I am of two minds about whether the series helps or hurts. The truth is if it wasnt for the series he doesnt have any real shot anyways because no way someone like Zellner takes up the case. He would be rotting for good with second rate representation filing motions that go nowhere. On the other hand this has so much notoriety that until there is new judges and so on no one will want to admit they were this badly wrong. (if indeed they are) It is a double edged sword.
That said having it in the public consciousness is important, and sooner or later it tends to help in these types of cases. The West Memphis Three never get their Alford Pleas if not for the HBO Documentaries about their BS convictions. Same with Michael Peterson. For as much as it works against them in the short term in the long term it tends to help more.
No governor would do that...half the state would burn you in effigy.
And I am of two minds about whether the series helps or hurts. The truth is if it wasnt for the series he doesnt have any real shot anyways because no way someone like Zellner takes up the case. He would be rotting for good with second rate representation filing motions that go nowhere. On the other hand this has so much notoriety that until there is new judges and so on no one will want to admit they were this badly wrong. (if indeed they are) It is a double edged sword.
That said having it in the public consciousness is important, and sooner or later it tends to help in these types of cases. The West Memphis Three never get their Alford Pleas if not for the HBO Documentaries about their BS convictions. Same with Michael Peterson. For as much as it works against them in the short term in the long term it tends to help more.
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