So, Making a Murderer is great entertainment. We’re hooked. Now…like Serial last year, I do *not* necessarily think that the subject of the show is innocent. I think it’s possible, but I refuse to make up my mind about it. We’re not finished yet, so we’ll see what I think when it’s all said and done, but I will always defer to the evidence and to the experts that tell me how to interpret that evidence. Every time. Properly treated, following established guidelines, evidence is the only thing in a criminal case that doesn’t lie.
What I *am* convinced of is that there are some law enforcement individuals in Wisconsin that are grossly inept and deserve every bit of scrutiny that this series is bringing their way. There is a reason things are supposed to be done a certain way, and when law enforcement doesn’t follow those rules, it completely fucks everything up. So, there’s negligence there, a lot of it, whether you believe it was an actual conspiracy or not.
I think it’s possible Steve Avery killed that woman. I also think it’s possible someone in the Sheriff’s department did it, and/or framed him for it. I can see the motive and incentive for both parties.
Looking forward to finishing the series, AND reading about all the controversy that it’s generated after its release. The biggest thing to me, though, is that the investigation was conducted in a manner that’s absolutely not okay. Repeated violations of proper conduct. Not. Okay. And that fact that “if you’re going to accuse law enforcement, do so at your own peril” is fucking bullshit. Bull. Shit.
Law enforcement is not above the law. They should be treated like citizens, just like you or me, subject to the same scrutiny of their actions. To insinuate or declare otherwise is absolutely unacceptable in my view. It creates a double-standard and can only generate distrust. That is the ANTITHESIS of law enforcement’s mission. They are here to uphold the law and protect the public. NOT to escape that law, or use their power to get away with breaking it. Scrutiny is essential.
I had a very weird day. Went to sleep way too late last night, didn’t get enough sleep, had my day hijacked a bit by some building work that I’d forgotten about (totally my fault)…but hey, it’s supposed to be some time off. I guess I just really need some time off where I’m able to put my feet back on the ground and get my head on straight. I don’t feel like I’ve been able to do that since finishing my short story and setting my “new” work schedule.
I don’t what about finishing my short story sucked the life out of me writing-wise, but it did. I feel empty. I know what the solution to that is, to just keep writing, and so I’m going to keep doing that. But it sucks to feel so low right now about it all. And that’s how I feel. Low. Low on energy, low on inspiration, low on my abilities as a writer, low on anything ever working out in that regard success-wise. I’m hoping my retrospective will help that. So, that’s what I’m going to do tomorrow, and start on some Icarus edits.
We’ll start there…see how it goes.
Oh, and I finished Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep today. I suppose for my challenge this year of reading 12 SciFi classics that means I need to do a write up on it. I’ll schedule time for that this week too. I always manage to keep myself busy…
Good night, guys. Tomorrow, hopefully, more normalcy and groundedness. We’ll see.