“Making A Murderer” …why is everyone talking about Steven Avery? If you watched all ten episodes of the TV series you are probably left with more questions than answers.

It’s a story that is frustrating, complicated, horrific, and has caused significant speculation and disgust.

Avery, convicted in 1985 for the rape of Penny Beerntsen and sentenced to 32 years in prison–all the while strongly declaring his innocence–was exonerated because of DNA evidence after serving 18 years in prison.

At trial, Beerntsen identified Avery as her attacker. A state forensic examiner testified that a hair recovered from a shirt of Avery’s was consistent with Beerntsen’s hair.

Avery presented 16 alibi witnesses, including the clerk of a store in Green Bay, Wisconsin, who recalled seeing Avery, his wife and five kids at the store buying paint.

The state crime laboratory reported that, using the FBI data base, it had linked a hair to Gregory Allen. On September 11, 2003, a request brought by the Manitowoc District Attorney’s Office to dismiss the charges was granted and was released.

Two years laters Avery sued authorities in Manitowoc County for $36 million.

While the civil case was still playing out, another case opened. Teresa Halbach Car was found against a tree on Avery’s land.  Avery was almost immediately a suspect.

From the very moment he was arrested, Avery claimed that the Manitowoc Sheriff’s Department had framed him for the crime.  So the question at the heart of this case was… Has Steven Avery committed the crime or is he again being framed for a crime he hasn’t committed?

“I watched it because it was so interesting to see how the world around us can affect so many lives from being innocent from the start!” said junior Taylor DeForrest.  “I like how they showed every detail in the crimes and we also got to see all the evidence and what the court had to show and say.”

“I wanted to keep watching the show because it’s very interesting and because I was hoping by the end of it they would come up with a conclusion on if he was guilty of commit the crime,” said junior Kayla Foster. “There was so many times where I was hooked and couldn’t stop watching.”

What an uproar this documentary has caused! There is always the sense of being on the edge of your seat as the evidence piles up and the show takes a quick turn for what you wouldn’t have suspected.