Publisher picks up rights to The Innocent Killer,written by lawyer who investigated the conviction of Steven Avery, subject of Netflix documentary Making a MurdererA book following the case that inspired the hit Netflix documentary Making a assassin is to be published in the UK and Commonwealth by Penguin Random House.
The Innocent Killer by Michael Griesbach was originally published by the American Bar organization in 2014. Griesbach, and a Wisconsin lawyer,investigated the handling of Steven Avery’s 1985 conviction for the violent sexual assault of Penny Beerntsen. Avery served 18 years in prison before being exonerated in 2003 when DNA evidence revealed another man had attacked Beernsten. Avery sued authorities in Manitowoc county for $36m for wrongful imprisonment, but was arrested again in 2005, and along with his 16-year-old nephew,for the murder of a photographer, Teresa Halbach. Avery was sentenced to life imprisonment without parole in 2007.
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Source: theguardian.com