Judge: Netflix's 'Making a Murderer' didn't defame detective
2 years ago

Judge: Netflix's 'Making a Murderer' didn't defame detective

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A retired Wisconsin detective has lost a defamation lawsuit against streaming giant Netflix over his portrayal in the 2015 documentary series “Making a Murderer.” On Friday U.S. District Judge Brett Ludwig ruled in favor of Netflix and “Making a Murderer” filmmakers Laura Ricciardi and Moira Demos, concluding that none of them acted with any malice toward now-retired Manitowoc County Sheriff’s Detective Andrew Colborn. Ludwig found that the edits retain the gist of his testimony, and that Colborn failed to show that the streaming service or the filmmakers acted with malice toward him, a key element to defamation. Colburn's attorney, listed in online court records as George Burnett, didn't immediately respond to an email seeking comment on the ruling.

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Court nixes new trial for ‘Making a Murderer’ subject Avery
3 years, 7 months ago

Court nixes new trial for ‘Making a Murderer’ subject Avery

The Independent  

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Making a Murderer's Steven Avery loses bid for new trial
5 years, 7 months ago

Making a Murderer's Steven Avery loses bid for new trial

The Independent  

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Netflix faces defamation for Emmy winner Making a Murderer
6 years, 3 months ago

Netflix faces defamation for Emmy winner Making a Murderer

India TV News  

Netflix faces defamation for Emmy winner Making a Murderer Andrew Colborn alleges the documentary series suggested he planted evidence to frame murder suspect, Steven Avery. Video-streaming giant Netflix is facing some serious legal troubles as a retired detective has sued the filmmakers and the platform for Emmy Award winner Making a Murderer. Andrew Colborn alleges the documentary series suggested he …

Making a Murderer Part 2 review: Netflix’s phenomenal true crime series promises more sleepless nights
6 years, 5 months ago

Making a Murderer Part 2 review: Netflix’s phenomenal true crime series promises more sleepless nights

Hindustan Times  

Making a Murderer: Part 2 Directors - Laura Ricciardi, Moira Demos Rating - 4/5 Making a Murderer Part 2 review: Steven Avery has spent more time in prison that outside it. “She’s in it for the fame,” Steven Avery’s former partner warns him about his new girlfriend, described in the second season of Netflix’s Making a Murderer as ‘a statuesque …

Making a Murderer rival series showing different side to Steven Avery case announced
7 years ago

Making a Murderer rival series showing different side to Steven Avery case announced

The Independent  

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Brendan Dassey: US court set to reconsider 'Making a Murderer' case after overturning conviction
7 years, 7 months ago

Brendan Dassey: US court set to reconsider 'Making a Murderer' case after overturning conviction

The Independent  

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Making a Murderer season 2: What we know about Netflix's next Steven Avery and Brendan Dassey documentary
8 years, 1 month ago

Making a Murderer season 2: What we know about Netflix's next Steven Avery and Brendan Dassey documentary

The Independent  

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Netflix orders more ‘Making a Murderer’
8 years, 8 months ago

Netflix orders more ‘Making a Murderer’

LA Times  

The saga of Steven Avery will continue at Netflix. The streaming network announced Tuesday it has ordered an unspecified number of additional episodes of “Making a Murderer.” The documentary series chronicled the strange case of Avery, a Wisconsin man who was exonerated in 2003 after spending 18 years in prison for rape only to be convicted of a murder some …

For the ‘Making a Murderer’ team, it’s all about examining truth and justice
8 years, 10 months ago

For the ‘Making a Murderer’ team, it’s all about examining truth and justice

LA Times  

Moira Demos and Laura Ricciardi, the two filmmakers behind the Netflix docuseries “Making a Murderer,” say the project was meant to show that there was ambiguity in the legal system. The two spent the next 10 years collecting news reports, live courtroom feeds, police interrogation footage and jailhouse phone recordings, poring over legal documents and talking to lawyers and family …

Making a Murderer season 2: Directors have spoken to Steven Avery's new lawyer Kathleen Zellner
8 years, 10 months ago

Making a Murderer season 2: Directors have spoken to Steven Avery's new lawyer Kathleen Zellner

The Independent  

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Making a Murderer: Steven Avery's lawyer Kathleen Zellner claims new suspect could help clear his name
8 years, 11 months ago

Making a Murderer: Steven Avery's lawyer Kathleen Zellner claims new suspect could help clear his name

The Independent  

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Making a Murderer: Steven Avery's prosecutor Ken Kratz slams filmmakers for portraying him as a 'villain'
9 years, 1 month ago

Making a Murderer: Steven Avery's prosecutor Ken Kratz slams filmmakers for portraying him as a 'villain'

The Independent  

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Making a Murderer: Steven Avery's new lawyer attacks prosecution case via Twitter
9 years, 2 months ago

Making a Murderer: Steven Avery's new lawyer attacks prosecution case via Twitter

The Independent  

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Making a Murderer: What to do if Netflix documentary made you really angry
9 years, 2 months ago

Making a Murderer: What to do if Netflix documentary made you really angry

The Independent  

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Making a Murderer: Steven Avery banned from watching documentary in jail
9 years, 2 months ago

Making a Murderer: Steven Avery banned from watching documentary in jail

The Independent  

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Making a Murderer: Book about Steven Avery's case to be published by Penguin Random House in Britain
9 years, 2 months ago

Making a Murderer: Book about Steven Avery's case to be published by Penguin Random House in Britain

The Independent  

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Making a Murderer season 2: Directors have interviewed Steven Avery for 'future episodes'
9 years, 2 months ago

Making a Murderer season 2: Directors have interviewed Steven Avery for 'future episodes'

The Independent  

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Making a Murderer: All the evidence presented in the Steven Avery trial the Netflix documentary missed out
9 years, 2 months ago

Making a Murderer: All the evidence presented in the Steven Avery trial the Netflix documentary missed out

The Independent  

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A follow-up season of ‘Making a Murderer’? ‘We are ready,’ say its filmmakers
9 years, 2 months ago

A follow-up season of ‘Making a Murderer’? ‘We are ready,’ say its filmmakers

LA Times  

There’s no denying many viewers of Netflix’s “Making a Murderer” would welcome a follow-up to the gripping case of Steven Avery. “We’ve had several telephone conversations with Steven Avery,” Ricciardi said. And we are looking at other stories, as well.” Asked what those other stories might be that they’re working on, Demos only offered: “As we know from making this …

The Emotional Manipulations of Making a Murderer
9 years, 2 months ago

The Emotional Manipulations of Making a Murderer

Slate  

When I finished Netflix’s 10-part crime docudrama Making a Murderer two weeks ago, I gripped my head—actually gripped it, the way people do on television. Slate’s own June Thomas noted that “the lack of voiceover makes the show’s indictment of the legal and law enforcement system around Avery even more effective; it lets Ricciardi and Demos communicate their message more …

Anatomy of a murder story
9 years, 2 months ago

Anatomy of a murder story

BBC  

Anatomy of a murder story Netflix As the latest addictive TV series sparks government petitions and hacktivist threats, BBC Culture looks at how groundbreaking true-crime stories have made their mark. His son Ronald – who is planning to publish a book based on his father’s case file – has said: “Capote had a fact here, and a fact there, and …

Steven Avery prosecutor Ken Kratz claims Making a Murderer documentary 'left out key evidence'
9 years, 2 months ago

Steven Avery prosecutor Ken Kratz claims Making a Murderer documentary 'left out key evidence'

The Independent  

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Making a Murderer: Reddit forum looks to find what really happened in Steven Avery case
9 years, 2 months ago

Making a Murderer: Reddit forum looks to find what really happened in Steven Avery case

The Independent  

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Making a Murderer: Netflix documentary on Steven Avery 'could not be made in UK due to lack of open justice'
9 years, 2 months ago

Making a Murderer: Netflix documentary on Steven Avery 'could not be made in UK due to lack of open justice'

The Independent  

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What's missing from “Making a Murderer”: How the riveting documentary’s flaws actually fuel its popularity
9 years, 2 months ago

What's missing from “Making a Murderer”: How the riveting documentary’s flaws actually fuel its popularity

Salon  

Over the course of the last two weeks, “Making a Murderer,” Netflix’s original docuseries about the incarceration of 53-year-old Wisconsin resident Steven Avery, has become something of an underground hit. The most riveting moments of the docuseries are in what should, by all rights, be nothing but dry courtroom back-and-forth; “Making a Murderer” makes Avery’s defense lawyers, Dean Strang and …

Making a Murderer: What's next for Steven Avery and where do the cases in the Netflix documentary stand now?
9 years, 2 months ago

Making a Murderer: What's next for Steven Avery and where do the cases in the Netflix documentary stand now?

The Independent  

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Steven Avery: Petitions calling for pardon of Making a Murderer documentary subject exceed 100,000 signatures
9 years, 2 months ago

Steven Avery: Petitions calling for pardon of Making a Murderer documentary subject exceed 100,000 signatures

The Independent  

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Making A Murderer: Steven Avery case reinstated to The Innocence Project website
9 years, 2 months ago

Making A Murderer: Steven Avery case reinstated to The Innocence Project website

The Independent  

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Steven Avery: Who is the man at centre of Netflix documentary 'Making a Murderer'?
9 years, 2 months ago

Steven Avery: Who is the man at centre of Netflix documentary 'Making a Murderer'?

The Independent  

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Is Netflix's Making a Murderer the next Serial or The Jinx?
9 years, 3 months ago

Is Netflix's Making a Murderer the next Serial or The Jinx?

The Independent  

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True crime, Netflix-style: Because you watched "The Jinx," here's "Making a Murderer"
9 years, 3 months ago

True crime, Netflix-style: Because you watched "The Jinx," here's "Making a Murderer"

Salon  

As soon as I began to watch Netflix’s original series “Making a Murderer,” I had a feeling I’d heard the story once before. No, I’m not talking about “Serial,” although given that “Making a Murderer” exists precisely because “Serial” and HBO's “The Jinx” became such cultural phenomena, I might as well be. And the 10-episode structure, which includes hefty amounts …

Review: ‘Making a Murderer’ probes a true-crime puzzler
9 years, 3 months ago

Review: ‘Making a Murderer’ probes a true-crime puzzler

LA Times  

Los Angeles Times Television Critic “Making a Murderer,” Netflix’s new true-crime documentary is as unnerving as it is addictive, in part because it is so addictive. What emerges, at least from the four hours Netflix made available, is a disturbing portrait of tribal politics in small-town America and a chilling reminder that the criminal justice system has many more sides …

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