Indefensible

The Missing Truth About Steven Avery, Teresa Halbach, and Making a Murderer

By: Michael Griesbach

Narrated by: James Foster

An insider exposes the shocking facts deliberately left out of the hit Netflix series Making a Murderer - and argues persuasively that Steven Avery was rightfully convicted in the 2005 killing of Teresa Halbach.

After serving eighteen years for a crime he didn't commit, Steven Avery was freed - and filed a thirty-six-million-dollar lawsuit against Manitowoc County, Wisconsin. But before the suit could be settled, Avery was arrested again - this time for the brutal murder of Teresa Halbach - and, through the office of a special prosecutor, convicted once more.

When the saga exploded onto the public consciousness with the airing of Making a Murderer, Michael Griesbach, a prosecutor and member of Wisconsin's Innocence Project who had been instrumental in Avery's 2003 exoneration, was targeted on social media, threatened - and plagued by doubt. Now, in this suspenseful, thorough narrative, he recounts his own re-examination of the evidence in light of the whirlwind of controversy stirred up by the blockbuster true-crime series.

As Griesbach carefully reviews allegations of tampering and planted evidence, the confession by Avery's developmentally disabled nephew, Brendan Dassey, and statements by Avery's former girlfriend Jodi Stachowski, previously sealed documents deemed inadmissible at trial by Judge Patrick L. Willis - and a little-known, plausible alternate suspect - Griesbach shows how the filmmakers' agenda, the accused man's dramatic backstory, and sensational media coverage have clouded the truth about Steven Avery.

Now as Avery's defense counsel files an appeal and prepares to do battle in the courtroom once more, Griesbach fights to set the record straight, determined that evidence should be followed where it leads and justice should be served - for as surely as our legal system should not send an innocent man to prison, neither should it let a guilty man walk free.

©2016 Michael Griesbach (P)2016 Brilliance Audio, all rights reserved.

Brilliant Resolution

Answered all the questions I had after watching the series! The author provides thorough, objective, educated and concise reasoning that squarely confirms the only logical conclusion.

wow before I read this I thought he was innocent.

cant believe Netflix allowed MAM to not put all the evidence in it. wow. can't believe it

Finally Proof that Justice was Served!

Ever since Making of a Murderer aired on Netflix I have wanted the rest of the story. I work in criminal law so I really focused on the facts and my instincts but something was missing something just didn't add up. There were things about this case that confused me, like where was the blood? I focused most of my attention on Brandon and his jail house phone call with his mom because that's when he was being most honest. She asked him "so you were there?" And he said "Yeaaaah" I needed facts though to quiet the doubters. This book offers all the facts, all the proof we didn't get to see in the docuseries. James Foster takes the case apart piece by piece and answers all the unanswered questions. What really struck me is that he wasn't out to just prove Avery was guilty he was seeking the TRUTH! This is a great book!!

If you watched MAM- You must listen!

You always have to listen to the other side, and that's exactly what this book is. It's a must listen for anyone who has watched Making a Murderer. Great story!

Still think he's innocent

I'm being fair as I do believe that most of the evidence was planted. The author was rather wishy washy on his opinion that he was being unbiased when looking at the trial of Avery. He was going to take the evidence as is but constantly praising how upstanding of people the Manitowoc sheriff's department are. The majority of his argument is how one sided the Making a Murderer documentary was. I don't think there is any question of the biasness of the documentary so that really didn't help in convincing me that Avery is guilty. His most damning evidence is the recorded confession of Brendan to his mother that he was involved, which may or may not exist (I don't know have to take the author on his word).

Although I believe this is a heavily biased piece, and it didn't convince me of his guilt, I'm still rating it 4 stars as it was an enjoyable listen.