Category Archives: Blog #2: Eighteen Years Lost

What provokes human error? Is there something innate within us? Is it hereditary, or a learned attribute? Or is it the culmination of an entire sheriff’s department misguiding you to a single, innocent, man?  In “Eighteen Years Lost”, the premier … Continue reading →

If you were in jail for 18 years, you would probably do whatever you could to get released early. In Steven Avery’s case, that required a confession in order to be eligible for parole, but he never gave in. He … Continue reading →

When a person hears that someone witnessed a crime, their first instinct is to believe everything they said. They were the ones that witnessed the crime and therefore can be trusted completely. However, as we talked about in class this … Continue reading →

Steven Avery was a father of five children and the husband to the love of his life in 1985 when he was convicted of sexual assault and sentenced to 32 years in prison. But did he do it? To be … Continue reading →

From the start of Steven Avery’s case he was being targeted to be the person convicted no matter if he did the crime or not. This was a hit the Sheriff’s department wanted to have on the Avery family.  They … Continue reading →

Small changes snowball out of control over time and have dire consequences. The butterfly effect, the straw that broke the camel’s back – whatever you want to call it – is pivotal to many situations in life. For Steven Avery, … Continue reading →

On my first day of high school, I was told by the principal that this was the most crucial day of my high school career. This was the day where I would make lasting impressions on those around me, which … Continue reading →