Making a Murderer: The Exposure of Our System

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As a criminal justice major, all I kept thinking was: What the hell am I getting myself into! What kind of system am I trying to work for? Watching Making A Murderer, my mind was racing. I was angered at how all the facts were there, every single detail, and the criminal justice system chose to look the other way and justify the sheriff departments actions. In Making a Murderer, it shows how much power the justice system has and how police officers abuse their authority. It makes me upset to know, to believe, that this is probably not the first nor' the last case where a person gets accused for a crime they did not commit and authorities did everything they could to put them behind bars, just because they did not like that person.

To fix this issue, I think, that as a community, we need to start speaking up, start talking about what is going on. With writing, we can voice our opinions more clearly and explain why it is wrong. We can bring up different sources and use those to back up our argument. We can point out the issue more clearly. Writing gives us the opportunity to map out our plan before we go out and voice our opinions. Once we speak, we can no longer take our words back. As for writing, we can edit and re-edit before we go out in public. We can also capture one's attention more easily, keep one interested, as long as our argument is relevant, of course.

I think we can all agree that the best part of this episode was when Steven Avery was found innocent and released. I was relieved to finally see that something was done right. I was also relieved to find that the man who committed the crime was already behind bars, except for the fact that he had already sexually assaulted someone and that is why he was locked up. It is saddening to know that it could of all been prevented if the sheriff and others could have put their hate away and done something from the beginning.