Steven Vail Case
Steven Avery was born on July 9, 1962 and he is an American convict from Wisconsin. At the age of 18 years old Steven pleaded guilty to burglary and in response he received 10 months in prison. Two years late he and another man were convicted of animal cruelty, after burning his cat alive. Steven was charged with three crimes, they were assault for his cousin, assault for a Manitowoc County sheriff’s deputy, possessing a firearm as a felon, and for the rape of Penny Beernsten. Avery had served six years for the assault, and illegal possession charges, and 18 years for assault, sexual assault and attempted rape (Faller). He tried to get several of appeals but they were denied. So the Wisconsin Innocence Project than took on Steven’s case and
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She was assaulted at 3:50 pm and at that time Steven Avery was helping his parents and others. At 3:53 pm he took his sister to the Gravel Pit were they got stuck out there and had to dig it out and got back around 4:00 pm. Then, He went to pick his wife Lisa up and his kids which he took a 35 min drive to Green Bay to ash the car were they got something to eat and went to the Shopko store with a receipt given the time 5:13. After that he called his brother Earl where they did dry wall in his house. He finally than was going to bed when the police arrived at 11:45pm. She picked Steven Avery in a lineup because the Manitowoc police artist drew the sketch of the suspected rapist based on Steven Avery’s mug shot rather than the description given by the victim and showed it to Beernsten before the seeing the lineup. You could tell because in the picture his hair looked exactly like an old mugshot of Steven Avery. At the age of 23 Steven is found guilty of sexual assault, attempted murder, and false imprisonment. He was then sentenced to 32 years in prison and since he did not admit to his crime he could not get parole …show more content…
Avery's lawyers argue that this vial was used to plant the blood in Halbach's car in the 2007 case. Police claimed that they found a key to Halbach's SUV in Avery's home. But the key was only found after multiple searches, and contained only Avery's DNA, not Halbach's even though Halbach would have used the key for years. Avery's defense also argues that the key was planted and raising questions. Law enforcement officials also said that they found a bullet with Halbach's DNA on it in Avery's garage, arguing that its evidence that Avery shot and killed Halbach in there. But, if that is possible, why couldn't police find any other sign of Halbach's DNA in there. Tests found no signs of EDTA, an anticoagulant used to preserve the blood in Avery's vial, in the blood found in Halbach's SUV. The prosecution used this finding as proof that the blood found in Halbach's SUV was not the same as the blood found in Avery's vial. But a forensic expert testified for the defense that the test for EDTA is so faulty that a finding of no EDTA could also mean the test wasn't good enough. But, the prosecution was built mainly on the testimony of Brendan Dassey, Avery's nephew. Supposedly he idallegedly helped Avery kill Halbach. The prosecution announced Dassey's supposed confession in a big press
She was assaulted at 3:50 pm and at that time Steven Avery was helping his parents and others. At 3:53 pm he took his sister to the Gravel Pit were they got stuck out there and had to dig it out and got back around 4:00 pm. Then, He went to pick his wife Lisa up and his kids which he took a 35 min drive to Green Bay to ash the car were they got something to eat and went to the Shopko store with a receipt given the time 5:13. After that he called his brother Earl where they did dry wall in his house. He finally than was going to bed when the police arrived at 11:45pm. She picked Steven Avery in a lineup because the Manitowoc police artist drew the sketch of the suspected rapist based on Steven Avery’s mug shot rather than the description given by the victim and showed it to Beernsten before the seeing the lineup. You could tell because in the picture his hair looked exactly like an old mugshot of Steven Avery. At the age of 23 Steven is found guilty of sexual assault, attempted murder, and false imprisonment. He was then sentenced to 32 years in prison and since he did not admit to his crime he could not get parole …show more content…
Avery's lawyers argue that this vial was used to plant the blood in Halbach's car in the 2007 case. Police claimed that they found a key to Halbach's SUV in Avery's home. But the key was only found after multiple searches, and contained only Avery's DNA, not Halbach's even though Halbach would have used the key for years. Avery's defense also argues that the key was planted and raising questions. Law enforcement officials also said that they found a bullet with Halbach's DNA on it in Avery's garage, arguing that its evidence that Avery shot and killed Halbach in there. But, if that is possible, why couldn't police find any other sign of Halbach's DNA in there. Tests found no signs of EDTA, an anticoagulant used to preserve the blood in Avery's vial, in the blood found in Halbach's SUV. The prosecution used this finding as proof that the blood found in Halbach's SUV was not the same as the blood found in Avery's vial. But a forensic expert testified for the defense that the test for EDTA is so faulty that a finding of no EDTA could also mean the test wasn't good enough. But, the prosecution was built mainly on the testimony of Brendan Dassey, Avery's nephew. Supposedly he idallegedly helped Avery kill Halbach. The prosecution announced Dassey's supposed confession in a big press