It promises to be the most sensational Wisconsin trial since Mark Chmura's five years ago. Steven Avery is before a jury of his peers in Chilton, accused of the murder/dismemberment of Teresa Halbach on Halloween Day, 2005.
Expect scads of lurid, disgusting details broadcast live for the next month or so. And, judging from today's opening statements, a prediction I made Friday when we recorded "Reporter's Notebook" on 94.5 WKTI will stand true: Avery won't be the one on trial here. It'll be the Manitowoc County Sheriff's Department.
Avery's defense hopes to prove local authorities had it in for their client because he was going to sue them for his past sex assault conviction...one that put him in jail for 18 years. He got sprung via DNA evidence, and his lawyers will claim deputies were in on a frame-job using blood samples gathered after his earlier arrest.
It promises to be O.J. Simpson all over again, minus the glove and Johnny Cochran. All his defense has to do is prove a shadow of doubt, and what once looked to be a slam-dunk conviction could sprout wings.
1 comment:
I'm afraid you are correct on comparing this to the OJ trial. It is the police that are on trial, not the accused. Avery is not a nice person when you know his history. Something terrible happened at his home, and Avery is very capable to being guilty.
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