Day by day, authorities are building their case that Steven Avery murdered Teresa Halbach and burned her body at the Avery family salvage yard.
Whether he’s legally guilty will, of course, be a matter for the courts to decide.
But the fact that Avery was out of jail and in a position to get into trouble is one of those situations that makes us pause and reconsider our ethical points of view.
Avery, you see, was sentenced in 1986 to 32 years in prison. He was charged with – and convicted of – raping and attempting to murder a Manitowoc woman who was assaulted while jogging.
Two years ago, the Wisconsin Innocence Project used DNA testing to prove that Avery was not the rapist, and he was released from prison.