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Originally Posted by sinclair
Guilty or innocent...neither were the point the filmmakers were after. It is the commentary on the many weaknesses in the US criminal justice system that is the documentaries strength IMO.
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Quoted for truth.
The point is not to know if he's guilty or not, and I don't think we will ever know since - apparently - the police never looked in anything not connected to Avery.
It's just pointing out the fact that evidence was planted and that the police purposefully didn't check some leads.
In that matter, I think the documentary did a pretty good job.
It's also indirectly a very strong case against death penalty because this dude would have had the needle for sure.
As said higher, I reckon some leads pointed towards Avery (bad luck or he actually did it) and they were too happy to pin it on him.
They then made sure to plant whatever evidence was needed to back up their claims.