The famous American true-crime documentary television series is all set to make a comeback with season 3. The series directed by Laura Ricciardi and Moira Demos earned many fans following due to its gripping storyline. The first two seasons raised the bars of expectations for season 3. The series has also won several awards, including four primetime Emmy awards. The massive demand for the show made it a Netflix exclusive. If you are a fan eagerly waiting for the third installment to release, then here is everything about it.
Making A Murderer Season 3: Release Date
The fans are eagerly waiting for the release of season 3 of making a murderer. The first season was released in 2015, and the second season was released in 2018. There was a time-lapse of three years between both seasons. However, it’s now been confirmed that season 3 is set to air on June 14, 2022.
Plot for Making a Murderer Season 3
The plot of the series is based on a real-life crime. The story revolves around Brendan Dassey and Steven Avery. Avery has spent 28 years of his life in prison for the things that he didn’t do. The first season is set during the time of 1985-2007. Steven Avery plays the main cast in the show. He has been accused of the murder case of 25-year-old girl Teresa Halbach. It has been stated that Avery has assaulted a local girl who was a photographer. His nephew Brendan Dassey has been charged by police for coercion and attorney ineptitude. The second season covered the story when Avery and Dassey were in jail. The series shows their family lives and how it is impacted by their imprisonment, The third season, as per speculations, is likely to cover the story when lawyers and attorneys try to save the two. It would show the investigation cases of Avery and Dassey. However, no official hint has been yet given regarding the plot of season 3.
Cast to be expected
Making a Murderer is entirely based on real-life events and there are no actors involved except for lawyers, judges, and attorneys to name a few. However, this show revolves around the Avery kin namely Steven Avery, Allan Avery, Dolores Avery, Chuck Avery, Earl Avery, Barb Dassey, Brendan Dassey, and Bobby Dassey. The victims there are Penny Beerntsen, Teresa Halbach, and an unnamed and unknown victim of rape victim by Gregory Allen.
As for the defense lawyers we have Kathleen Zellner, Dean Strang, Jerome Buting, Robert Henak, Stephen Glynn, Len Kachinsky, to name a few. Viewers will also get to see the judges who are Denis Vogel, Ken Kratz, Norm Gahn. Patrick Willis, Jerome Fox, and Angela Sutkiewicz.
Making a Murderer season 3 release date is yet to be officially announced.
Making a Murderer season 3 overview (2022)
Netflix has yet to renew Making A Murderer for a third season. There are the major talking points for the entire season of Making A Murderer and the explanations in the final episode.
Brendan Dassey is still in prison. He was convicted twice by a US Magistrates judge. A panel of three judges from the Seventh Circuit announced that Dassey is still in prison.
Dassey, 29, was sentenced to life imprisonment in 2006. He was sentenced for first-degree murder and second-degree sexual attack. He was 16 years old when he committed the crime.
The Wisconsin Department of Justice appealed his conviction twice. They ruled that he should be heard in banc. En banc meant Dassey’s case was heard by the whole Seventh Circuit, rather than a three-person panel.
“The judges voted 4-3 to confirm Dassey’s conviction, and to overturn the two previous decisions of the Magistrate’s judge and the select panel.”
Seth Waxman, an experienced lawyer, was hired by the legal team to assist with the appeal and legal argument. The Supreme Court, however, rejected the appeal in June 2018.
Season 2 concluded with Dassey’s message: “It means so much to know that there are many people who believe and support me – I’m going back to fight to get home.”
“At this time, Dassey is still in Columbia Correctional Institution. He will not be eligible for parole until 2048. Steven Avery remains in prison, however, he is at Waupun Correctional Institute.”
Making a Murderer Season 3 is Not Happening!
(updated 12/05/22)
Sadly, a third season of Making a Murderer will not happen. The docuseries ran from 2015-2018 (as per IMDb) and so far spawned a total of two seasons with each season consisting of 10 episodes. The list of episodes are:
Season One
Episode 1: Eighteen Years Lost
Episode 2: Turning the Tables
Episode 3: Plight of the Accused
Episode 4: Indefensible
Episode 5: The Last Person to See Teresa Alive
Episode 6: Testing the Evidence
Episode 7: Framing Defense
Episode 8: The Great Burden
Episode 9: Lack of Humility
Episode 10: Fighting for Their Lives
Season Two
Episode 1: Number 18
Episode 2: Words and Words Only
Episode 3: A Legal Miracle
Episode 4: Welcome to Wisconsin
Episode 5: What + Why = Who
Episode 6: Everything Takes Time
Episode 7: Item FL
Episode 8: Special Care
Episode 9: Friday Nite
Episode 10: Trust No One
Why Making a Murderer Season 3 Won’t Happen?
(updated 5/4/2023)
Making a Murderer is a Netflix series that was published originally in 2015. While the series earned several accolades, it also received harsh criticism and backlash from the media, government officials, and the general public for portraying only a single side of the story which is Avery’s tale, revictimizing Halbach and her clan, as well as implicating law enforcement experts.
“I watched ‘Making a Murderer,’ did some research and found out I was lied to,” stated Shawn Rech, showrunner of “Convicting a Murderer” at Transition Studios who also commented that the original program was “just layered and layered all of this nonsense.”
Rech further added, “Making a Murderer was cut to the integrity of a Howard Stern bit.”
Nevertheless, the exact reason is not known on why the series was discontinued. It might be mainly because of the controversies surrounding the series.
