March 19, 2007
PRESUMED INNOCENT BEFORE BEING FOUND GUILTY, THEN DETERMINED INNOCENT, BEFORE BECOMING GUILTY ALL OVER AGAIN
This is totally bizzare. In 1985, 24-year-old Steven Avery was found guilty of rape in Wisconsin and sentenced to a lengthy prison sentence. He served 18 years of that sentence before DNA testing exonerated him and he was freed. The State of Wisconsin eventually settled a wrongful-conviction lawsuit with Avery for $400,000. Sounds like a movie in the making, right? Almost.
In October of 2005, Avery called 25-year-old photographer Teresa Halbach to his salvage yard to photgraph a minivan his sister was listing for sale in Auto Trader Magazine. Halbach was never heard from again. After her charred bones were found in a firepit and a barrel on Avery's property, along with her camera, cellphone, and car, Avery's nephew admitted that he and his uncle had raped and murdered the young woman before burning her body. The nephew later recanted his confession and refused to testify against his uncle.
Steven Avery was recently convicted of first degree intentional homicide for the death of Teresa Halbach. He is facing a mandatory life sentence. CrimeLibrary has the full details of the case.
Tagged: guilty, innocence, murder, prison, rapePosted by Lexiphane at March 19, 2007 12:03 PM
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