The Case Of Steven Avery

In 1985, an innocent man was sent to prison for a sentence of 36 years. This man’s name was Steven Avery. Steven was a resident on Manitowoc County, Wisconsin. A county where the police, the people you shouldn’t be afraid of, didn’t quite accept Avery because of an incident with his cousin, who was also the wife of the deputy, some time back, against Sandy Morris. The incident involved an empty fire arm weapon, which he pointed at Morris, when asked why he did it, his didn’t like the rumors Sandy was spreading. So because of this incident. The sheriff’s department saw the Avery’s as a problem, a burden to the community. In 1985, Steven was arrested in his home at about 11:50 at night, charged with rape an assault against someone named Penny Bernsteen. Penny was attacked on a beach nearby her house where she was going on a run. A man she’s never seen before attacked and sexually assaulted her. When she went to the police station and gave a description, Judy Dvorak instantly said “Oh that sounds an awful …show more content…
She went there to take pictures of a car for a local magazine, and this wasn’t her first time. Once the police discover that the last person to see her alive was Avery. . A couple days later, a member of a search party finds a jeep, green like Teresa’s, on the Avery property. And with that the Avery’s household was to be searched by the police for 8 days. They weren’t allowed on this property for 8 days. During their 8 day search, after searching many times, the same rooms, on the 3rd day, they find “Teresa’s car key” which mysteriously only had a Toyota key, and only Steven Avery’s DNA. A small amount of Steven Avery’s blood was also found in the jeep that was discovered and said to be Teresa’s, and “bone remains” were then found in the Avery fire pit. With this little bit of evidence, the court ordered Steven to jail for life. Where he is now sitting