IN 2015, filmmakers Laura Ricciardi and Moira Demos had Netflix subscribers everywhere gripped with the true-crime documentary series Making A Murderer.
Exploring the story of Steven Avery, a man who spent 18 years behind bars for a crime he didn't commit only to be released and, a few years later, end up convicted of another murder he insists he had no part in.
Along the way, viewers were introduced to Avery's nephew Brendan Dassey, a key witness in prosecution's case who was also charged with murder after confessing to the crime during interrogation.
Many theories have been presented by detectives, amateur sleuths and the wider public in the years since but one thing remains the same: Steven is still behind bars.
Now, a new 10-episode follow-up series entitled Making A Murderer Part 2, will provide an in-depth look at the high-stakes post-conviction process, exploring the emotional toll the process takes on all involved.
"Steven and Brendan, their families and their legal and investigative teams have once again graciously granted us access, giving us a window into the complex web of American criminal justice," said executive producers, writers and directors Laura Ricciardi and Moira Demos.
"Building on Part 1, which documented the experience of the accused, in Part 2, we have chronicled the experience of the convicted and imprisoned, two men each serving life sentences for crimes they maintain they did not commit. We are thrilled to be able to share this new phase of the journey with viewers."
Part 2 will also introduce viewers to Kathleen Zellner, Avery's hard-charging post-conviction lawyer, in her fight to prove that Avery was wrongly convicted and win his freedom.
Ricciardi and Demos follow Zellner, who has righted more wrongful convictions than any private attorney in America, as she tirelessly works the case and uncovers unexpected evidence about what may have happened to Teresa Halbach and about how and why the jury convicted Steven of her murder.
Ricciardi and Demos also follow Dassey's post-conviction lawyers, Laura Nirider and Steven Drizin with Northwestern University's Centre on Wrongful Convictions of Youth, as they fight in federal court to prove their client's confession was involuntary, a fight that could take Brendan's case all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court.
One of the most anticipated TV follow-ups ever, Making A Murderer Part 2 will launch globally on Netflix on October 19th.
