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

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Netflix’s engrossing true-crime documentary series Making a Murderer has gotten a lot of people interested in Steven Avery. “In this case, we’re looking for technology to do the same kind of thing, to show that the evidence at the original trial really did not mean what the state was arguing that it meant and what the jury believed that it meant.” open image in gallery Steven Avery's mugshot, taken after his arrest in 1985 What about Avery’s nephew, Brendan Dassey? “I really ain’t got much on my record,” Avery says in Making a Murderer’s first episode. A 2006 article in Milwaukee Magazine describes the cat incident in grimmer detail, noting that a few months after being released from prison for breaking into a tavern, “Avery and another man were charged with cruelty to animals after dousing Avery’s cat with gasoline and oil and tossing it into a bonfire at the Avery junkyard.” Avery’s assessment of his criminal history stands in rather stark contrast to the remarks made by Manitowoc County Circuit Judge Patrick Willis at Avery’s sentencing hearing.