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Sat Aug 10, 2019, 07:43 PM Aug 2019

Judge rejects bid for new trial in 'Making a Murderer' case

Source: Associated Press

Judge rejects bid for new trial in ‘Making a Murderer’ case

August 10, 2019

MANITOWOC, Wis. (AP) — A judge has rejected a man’s bid for a new trial in a Wisconsin killing featured in the Netflix series “Making a Murderer.”

Judge Angela Sutkiewicz on Thursday denied Steven Avery’s request in the 2005 killing of photographer Teresa Halbach.

Halbach’s remains were found in the Avery family’s salvage yard. Avery argued the state turned over bones to the Halbach family without notifying the defense, but WLUK-TV reports the judge ruled that does not mean Avery should get a new trial.

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