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Old 01-05-2016, 10:23 AM   #72
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I'm fascinated by the role of media in the justice system. The documentary repeatedly touches on the impossibility of a fair trial due to intense media scrutiny, yet the documentary itself seems to have created a shift in public opinion in the case.

The internet tells me that the Wisconsin criminal justice system is incredibly open to media, allowing the opportunity for calculated media blitzes to have a massive impact on public opinion. Just as the press conferences held by the Wisconsin DAO essentially sunk Avery and Dassey in 2005/6, a well-produced documentary such as Making a Murderer would begin any hypothetical retrial with a massive uphill battle in public opinion for the Wisconsin DAO.

Could an average jurist exposed to MaM ever convict Avery or Dassey, in the same sense that an average jurist exposed to the lurid details in the DA's pre-trial press conferences could never aquit them?
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