Netflix: Making a Murderer

[fitshaced]

There are more than likely plenty of bad (and good) examples when it comes to pretty much any system out there--it's basically that ever-present underlying and inescapable involvement of human nature/condition (as was also brought up earlier).

I think there is more reason to fear the US justice system as an innocent person than the justice system in countries such as the UK, Ireland and Australia. The US seems to have a frightening focus on promotion and celebrity that law enforcers/prosecutors crave. It's not simply human nature as human nature also knows to look for the truth. But, where professions such as those in the justice system are part of a win at all costs mentality, how can it first serve its actual purpose of finding the truth? It's main purpose now is to quickly solve cases and allow the likes of Ken Kratz to move up the ladder, leaving his mistakes/maliciousness for someone else to fix.

 

[The-Real-Deal82]

I've just starting watching this series and am at episode 5. I can't help but think the whole case stinks of corruption and bent investigating. The methods of obtaining evidence and the handling of it leave a lot to be desired.

I would imagine the police involved are incredibly embarrassed by this series as it shows them in a very poor light. Gripping stuff though 🙂

 

[Gregg2]

It's good TV. That is, it's entertainment. You're getting the "facts" that make it so. The boring stuff has been omitted. Truth lies on the cutting room floor.

 

[The-Real-Deal82]

Yeah as I say I'm only on episode 5. One thing is clear and that is it wasn't an open and shut case. The police were terribly amateur by failing to provide a thorough search initially and contaminating the crime scene with multiple searches. It's pretty laughable really.

I was shocked at how trials are covered in the US too. Police officers giving interviews to the press and sharing personal opinions which really doesn't seem professional at all. The lawyers speaking to the press each day too was surprising. It just seems like entertainment rather than a trial. You can't even film inside a court room in the UK let alone participants soaking up the fame of it all. Shocking I thought.