Mugshot Making a Murderer 2's release date has been announced.
The much anticipated season 2 for the Netflix phenomenon Making a Murderer is almost here. In advance of the October 19, 2018 release date, Netflix has now released the trailer.
Here is the trailer for season 2 of Making a Murderer.
The show will be available for streaming on October 19, 2018, Netflix announced on September 25, 2018. Netflix previously tweeted an even short trailer for season 2. “The case isn’t over. Making a Murderer Part 2. October 19,” the tease from Netflix reads. You can watch the trailer below:
.@MakingAMurderer Part 2 premieres October 19
Netflix has provided a brief overview of season 2. In a press statement, Netflix explained, “Emmy Award-winning filmmakers Laura Ricciardi and Moira Demos return to the Midwest where they have exclusive access to Steven Avery and his co-defendant and nephew Brendan Dassey, their families and the legal teams fighting for justice on their behalf. Over the course of 10 new episodes, Making a Murderer Part 2 provides an in-depth look at the high-stakes postconviction process, exploring the emotional toll the process takes on all involved.”
Season 1 of Making a Murderer followed the trials of Wisconsinite Steven Avery and his nephew Brendan Dassey, through the perspective of their family. Both Avery and Dassey were convicted in the murder of a photographer named Teresa Halbach, who disappeared after going to Avery’s trailer on his family junkyard property while on a job assignment. The first series – which had detractors as well as fans – framed the case as a parable about how social class can make it harder for a person to get a fair shake in the American criminal justice system. Detractors said the series left out key pieces of evidence; supporters said it raised important questions about the men’s guilty verdicts. Avery had previously been wrongfully convicted of a sexual assault in Wisconsin, for which he spent years in prison before earning his release after efforts from the Wisconsin Innocence Project showed he did not commit that offense.
The season 2 trailer starts with photos from throughout Steven Avery’s life and indicates that the series will focus on the post-conviction process and the efforts of his appellate lawyer Kathleen Zellner to obtain his release (as well as the efforts of the appellate lawyers for Brendan Dassey, his nephew.)
“I have one goal and that’s to overturn the conviction of Steven Avery,” Zellner says in the trailer. The trailer also indicates that the series will highlight ballistics and cell phone evidence in the case and will revisit the question of Dassey’s confessions.
Wisconsin Department of CorrectionsBrendan Dassey’s mugshot.
The evidence in the case against Avery in Halbach’s death included blood spatter evidence in the victim’s car, among other things; his nephew was convicted largely on the basis of controversial videotaped confessions that the defense argued were manipulative due to his young age and intelligence level.
Making a Murderer Season 2 Will Focus on Avery’s & Dassey’s Continued Attempts to Prove Their Innocence
Steven Avery will never ever give up on being exonerated. #MarathonMan #IronWill #TruthWins @lifeafterten @innocence #MakingaMurderer
The previous Netflix teaser shows a drawing of Steven Avery’s mugshot. A woman’s voice says, “Once someone’s convicted, they have to move mountains to get out of prison.” Then, a man’s voice says, “When you’re fighting for your innocence… it takes time.” The second, longer trailer also contains the first quote.
Since the first series, Zellner, Avery’s new lawyer, has been aggressively filing motions in the case and tweeting about it.
Steven Avery’s most recent photo from the Wisconsin prison system.
“Now the World Court of Public Opinion Will Decide,” Zellner tweeted along with a story announcing the Making a Murderer 2 release date. She also wrote, “To all the skeptics, doubters & haters just be patient because we are really going to make you mad.” Zellner has also been filling a number of court actions in Wisconsin courts. You can see the state court record listing in the Avery case here.
She added, “Our job is to prove that Steven Avery did not receive a fair trial. It is the State’s job, not ours, to prove who killed TH —-so far they have failed miserably.” In June 2018, she wrote, “The Avery appeal is going back to the circuit court because the State finally disclosed the evidence it failed to disclose for 12 years and the Court wants to know all about it.”
A holiday message from Steven Avery who has withstood 30 years of wrongful incarceration. #NeverGiveUp #TruthWins @lifeafterten @EFMoriarty #MakingAMurderer #LoveNotHate
Here are some of Zellner’s recent tweets on the case:
So far only 1 Judge has ruled on Avery. At least 10 more will review before a final decision is made— on this evidence. If he is not freed we will file again. Never going to end until he is free. @lifeafterten @michellemalkin #makinganexonoree
“ It’s not the science it is WHO is doing the science” that must be exposed in every wrongful conviction case. #GilchristSyndrome #LabRats #ForensicFrauds @lifeafterten @michellemalkin #MakingAMurderer
Laura Nirider and Steven Drizin, the lawyers for Avery’s nephew Brendan Dassey, are also expected to be featured prominently on season 2. A full Court of Appeals overturned lower federal court rulings that ordered Dassey freed because of questions about whether his videotaped confessions in the case were voluntary. Dassey was a teenager at the time of the homicide. The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear the case, however, leaving the lower court ruling to stand and keeping Dassey behind bars.