The 'Making A Murderer' star Steven Avery has been able to acquire a new legal team. For those who are not aware, Avery has spent 18 years in the prison cell for being accused of rape, to which a DNA evidence proved he did not commit.
However, shortly after being released from prison, the Netflix docu-series star was then again accused. Elite Daily reported that this time, it was for allegedly murdering photographer Teresa Halbach.
But it seems like Avery has not really done all the things that he was and has been suspected of. He was able to maintain his innocence ever since he was arrested for the second time around in 2007. Despite an appeal filed to try to reverse the verdict, Avery was still proven not guilty and said appeal ended unsuccessfully.
Truly, it is both devastating yet amazing to be having a life like Avery's. Perhaps this is what his new legal team felt. According to Complex, the Law Firm of Kathleen Zellner and Associates will now be representing the famous accused, which was announced last Friday in a press release. Zellner has already had quite a lot of high profile clients before, to which it looks forward on adding Avery to its 'long list of wrongful conviction exonerations.'
Aside from Zellner, local counsel Tricia Bushnell will assist as well with the case. But way before Zellner and Bushnell, it will be remembered that the legal team of Dean Strang and Jerry Buting was the one that tirelessly fought for Avery during his seven-week trial.
The said attorneys did not leave Avery throughout the years. But of course, they admitted that it was more of an informal relationship, which was evident and being shown in the documentary series. Apparently, Avery did not have any funds to keep a legal team, Uproxx stated. As for Strang, he knew that Avery would someday need people who can offer more of what they can.
"It's clear that he probably needs formal legal representation [for] the specific, concrete things that a lawyer can do in the coming weeks and months," Strang added.
The verdict hasn't changed for Avery since he was convicted back in 2007 although he has found guilty for the murder of Halbach. For now, Zellner's team will be assisted by local lawyer Bushnell to help Avery clear his name.
