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On December 18, 2015, Netflix released its engaging and controversial docu-series, Making a Murderer. In the three weeks since its release, the series has become an obsession for all kinds of people both inside and outside of the justice system in the United States as well as here in Canada.

Each episode we (Michael Spratt and Emilie Taman) will discuss an episode of Making a Murderer - call it an after show. This week we are joined by special guest, former Supreme Court Justice and UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour (she has promised to join us again). So a former judge, defence lawyer, and former prosecutor - not a bad team for episode one.

Episode One of Making a Murderer tells the story of Steven Avery’s wrongful conviction for the brutal 1985 sexual assault of Penny Beernsten. An incontrovertible miscarriage of justice, Avery’s conviction led to his incarceration for 18 years before he was conclusively exonerated by DNA evidence and released. Avery’s 18 year-long saga, which could stand alone as a story worth documenting, is just the back story for what was to come as set out in the subsequent nine episodes.