You swore you'd but lookout one episode— but to come across what everyone was talking about. One turned into two and two turned into three. And earlier you knew it, the weekend was over and all you accomplished was correctly spelling "Manitowoc" when you started frantically Googling the people and places that were the main subject of Making a Murderer.

It's okay. You're not lone. Since this addictive ten-part criminal offence documentary hit Netflix last December, it seems like anybody and their mother has binged the serial. And we've all been left breathless as a result. It's hard not to keep watching— at times, the details presented in Making a Murderer seem nearly incommunicable. And the fact that Steven Avery and Brendan Dassey are however fighting for exoneration makes the series' affect all the more compelling. [Update, 8/18/16: Brendan Dassey'south conviction has been overturned.]

Wondering what will happen to the defendants now? Here's what's next for the people that fabricated Making a Murderer,1 of the most talked nigh series in America.

Steven Avery

Steven Avery, the main subject of Netflix's documentary, 'Making a Murderer'
Source: Steven Avery

He's served almost a decade in prison for the murder of Teresa Halbach— a crime he still maintains he didn't commit. Just at the end of Making a Murderer, the futurity looked pretty grim for Steven Avery. Out of resources, and with the state of Wisconsin denying his entreatment, it looked as though he was facing the very existent prospect of spending the rest of his life in prison.

Simply with the newfound attention his case has received, Avery may still accept a fighting chance to make a case for exoneration. And this time, at least, he'll accept a great deal of support. Inside the past couple of weeks, zealous fans of Making a Murderer take tried any way they can to help Avery overturn his conviction. From petitions asking for a presidential pardon to telephone calls to the Wisconsin Innocence Projection, total strangers  around the country are at present standing backside Avery.

Will whatever of the support matter? Avery hasn't exhausted all of his options— his much-lauded defence lawyers, Dean Strang and Jerry Buting, accept been working with him pro-bono. And his family unit has gear up a website where interested fans of the series tin donate to his legal defence force in further appeals. While none of these efforts add up to his freedom yet, they're more than Steven Avery could accept hoped for before the series hit information technology large.

Brendan Dassey

Brendan Dassey, a subject of Netflix's documentary, 'Making a Murderer'
Source: Netflix

Few people who've watched Making a Murderer feel that Brendan Dassey was annihilation more a confused teen when he confessed to helping Steven Avery murder Teresa Halbach. And the way in which he was treated earlier his trial— from sketchy interrogations to a shady defence force team— earned him enough of sympathy from viewers. And the techniques used by those who put him behind confined may be the very thing that ultimately frees him.

Dassey's lawyers filed a lawsuit in 2014 in the hopes that the federal courts would grant him a Habeas corpus writ. A federal gauge in Milwaukee is currently considering the case, and if he rules in Dassey's favor, then the government would take to examine the evidence in his case and determine whether he has been imprisoned illegally. While it's unclear whether the attending that Making a Murderer has fatigued to Dassey'due south case will touch the judge's decision, it is rubber to say that Dassey's new advocates won't surrender easily if his almost contempo appeal is denied.

[Update, eight/12/sixteen: Per The Wrap, Brendan Dassey'southward confidence has been overturned.]

[Update, 11/17/16: Per the BBC, a judge has ordered the immediate release of Brendan Dassey.]

Laura Ricciardi and Moira Demos

Laura Ricciardi and Moira Demos on the set of 'Making a Murderer'
Source: Netflix

Their names haven't been in the news as often as their subjects. But Laura Ricciardi and Moira Demos are wholly responsible for making Steven Avery and Brendan Dassey household names. This filmmaking duo spent ten years gathering information, conducting interviews, and shooting the footage that makes Making a Murderer so compelling. Since the series' Netflix debut on December. xviii, Ricciardi and Demos accept made the rounds with the printing, answering questions, revealing information they've since learned nigh the instance, and disputing claims about bias and intentionally leaving evidence on the cut room flooring. The most important piece of data they've revealed? They're non done following Avery and Dassey. That means there is going to be some other season of Making a Murderer— and yet another reason for us to binge-lookout some of the virtually addictive true crime Boob tube ever created.

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