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Originally Posted by Locke
They didnt gloss it over, they interviewed him and he admitted it, it also happened when he was a kid.
Technically from my original point from throwing a cat into a fire and then transition into some minor robberies the severity of his crimes actually declines.
But you have to accept the fact that he did not rape, assault or attempt to murder that woman in 1985 and his guilt in this murder is far from ironclad and even then if you are guilty of murdering someone then no matter what you've done in the past, unless its murdering several people, a murder would by its very nature be perceived as an escalation.
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Originally Posted by Krovikan
They didn't gloss over it, they stated it right from the start
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Locke: Yes, I agree on the point you were making completely.
And for the record, I too believe the trial was unfair and he should receive another one.
Even so, here is the quote from the dozen seconds or so they spent on the cat incident:
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Another mistake I did, I had a bunch of friends over and we were fooling around with the cat and, I don't know, they were kind of negging (sic) it on...I tossed him over the fire and he lit up. You know, it was the family cat. I was young and stupid and hanging around with the wrong people.
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That sounds a lot better than "I poured gasoline and oil on my cat and threw it into the fire and watched it burn to death". The filmmakers deliberately omitted the details, and I understand why.
I knew the details of the Avery case before watching the series, so it more than upset me that they were that dismissive of that incident. Not that it supersedes any miscarriage of justice during the trial, but what he actually did to that cat was some pretty sick ####.