In March 2007, Steven Avery was convicted of one count of intentional homicide and one count of unlawful possession of a firearm. Although he was also charged with mutilating a corpse, he was found not guilty on that particular charge. As reported by Digital Spy, Avery was subsequently sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

Avery’s case gained national attention with the 2015 release of the true-crime docuseries “Making a Murderer.” As reported by Business Insider, the program delved into the details surrounding the murder of Teresa Halbach and Avery’s eventual arrest and conviction.

“Making a Murderer” exposed a number of supposed irregularities in the investigation into Halbach’s death, the identification of Avery as a suspect, and Avery’s eventual prosecution and conviction.

The evidence presented in the docuseries prompted Avery’s supporters to start a petition at Change.org. The petition, which closed with more than 500,000 signatures, states, “I am outraged with the injustices which have been allowed to compound and left unchecked in the case of Steven Avery … Avery’s unconstitutional mistreatment at the hands of corrupt local law enforcement is completely unacceptable … Steven Avery should be exonerated at once by pardon.”

The public’s response to Netflix’s mystery docuseries also encouraged Avery to file a number of appeals for his conviction. Thus far, all of Avery’s appeals, including the most recent, were rejected by the Wisconsin Court of Appeals.

Why the appeal was denied

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