This website is a project for a month-long course studying the causes, details, and responses to wrongful convictions. All information regarding the case, The State of Wisconsin vs. Steven A. Avery, was drawn from Michael Griesbach’s extensive novel on the subject entitled “The Innocent Killer: A True Story of Wrongful Conviction and its Astonishing Aftermath.” The site focuses on the wrongful conviction of Steven Avery for the sexual assault and attempted murder of Penny Beerntsen on July 29, 1985; embedded in this discussion is information from research regarding eyewitness identification, lineup procedures, and the malleability of human memory.
The Circumstance of Steven Avery 