Michael Griesbach

The Innocent Killer Michael Griesbach

Long before Making a Murderer came The Innocent Killer, the very first book about how one of the world's most notorious wrongful conviction cases came to be, the fight to free Steven Avery, his release and then his subsequent murder conviction.

In 2005, Avery was on the verge of collecting a big settlement after serving 18 years for a crime he didn't commit when he was arrested for, and ultimately convicted of, the brutal murder of photographer Teresa Halbach.

In this new updated edition, author Michael Griesbach -- a local prosecutor who uncovered serious wrongdoing by his predecessors in the first Avery case -- offers new insight about Avery's 1985 wrongful conviction and his murder trial twenty-two years later, bringing to light information withheld by Avery's supporters.

LEARN:

- What Steven Avery was like before being accused of Penny Beernsten's rape

- The glaring law enforcement misconduct that sent him to prison for a crime he didn't commit

- How the law enforcement officials responsible for his wrongful conviction escaped accountability

- How six of his 18 years in prison were warranted for another crime

- Why his murder trial ended in a guilty verdict -- and how it might not have

- Why, despite the injustice of Avery's first conviction, the author believes he is guilty of the subsequent murder