A lawyer on Wednesday asked for a new trial for a Wisconsin man convicted in a case profiled in the Making a Murderer Netflix series. She contends Avery deserves a new trial "in the interests of justice" and because "the real controversy was never tried," USA Today Network-Wisconsin reported. The case gained national attention in 2015 after Netflix aired Making a Murderer, a multi-part documentary examining Halbach's death. "Because the State did not need to establish motive, it did not spend any time trying to figure out why Ms. Halbach was murdered," Zellner wrote. Dean Strang, one of Avery's trial lawyers, said he and Avery's other trial attorney, Jerry Buting, are glad that Zellner filed the motion and its supporting documents.

Source: CBC News June 08, 2017 14:15 UTC