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What Making a Murderer tells us about disability and disadvantage in criminal law

  • Written by: The Conversation Contributor
imageThose with learning or other disabilities need someone to back them up in the legal system to avoid injustices.Making a Murderer/Netflix

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The most shocking moments of the true crime documentary Making a Murderer don’t involve its convicted-exonerated-convicted-again protagonist Steven Avery. They depict two...

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