In the second episode of the podcast Casos del Crimen con El Sargento, former police officer and host Carlos Cornejo analyzes one of the most controversial cases in the U.S. judicial system.
It is the story of Steven Avery, a man who went from being the victim of a wrongful conviction to being accused of a brutal murder while suing the state. HERE you can listen to the podcast.
A crime he didn’t commit? Click on the photo
Steven Avery was arrested in 1985 for the sexual assault of Penny Beerntsen in Manitowoc, Wisconsin.
Despite the fact that there was no hard physical evidence against him, he was sentenced to 32 years in prison.
In 2003, after spending 18 years behind bars, new DNA tests proved his innocence.
Avery was exonerated and released.
That same year, he filed a $36 million civil suit against the county, prosecutors and police officers involved in his case.
However, his quest for justice took an unexpected turn in 2005.
Teresa Halbach’s death and a new arrest
Teresa Halbach, a young photographer, disappeared in October 2005 after having a work appointment with Avery on his property.
Days later, his car was found burned nearby, and charred skeletal remains were found in Steven Avery’s backyard.
A few days later, Steven Avery was arrested and charged with the murder, just as his lawsuit was about to move forward.
Suspicions grew when his nephew, Brendan Dassey, an intellectually disabled teenager, was questioned without the presence of a lawyer and confessed – under highly questionable circumstances – to assisting his uncle in the crime.
Miscarriage of justice or cover-up?
Buzzy
In this episode, El Sargento breaks down the key elements of the Steven Avery case.
The chain of custody of evidence, the shifting testimony, the involvement of the Manitowoc County Sheriff’s Office (which was not supposed to intervene due to conflict of interest) and how the media influenced public opinion.
There are also questions as to why other possible suspects were not investigated and whether there were indeed manipulations to stop Steven Avery’s million-dollar lawsuit.
The Netflix documentary series Making a Murderer put the case at the center of the global conversation, but doubts continue to this day.
At the end of the episode, El Sargento shares his professional perspective.
Was he guilty or a victim of a conspiracy?
What role did his nephew Brendan Dassey, Manitowoc County authorities and the media play?
In this LINK you can also listen to the first episode of the Sergeant’s Crime Cases, which dealt with the shocking case of the Mexican tiktoker Valeria Márquez.
This episode breaks down the errors, evidence, testimony, and controversies in a case that divided an entire nation
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