"Dateline" (NBC) can be seen
each Friday evening at 10/9 p.m. It aired in Albuquerque, NM at 9
p.m. (central time) on KOB 4. Last night's episode on Feb. 17, 2017
was called, “Return to Manitowoc County.” In the overnight TV
ratings it garnered 3.27 million TV viewers overall. It reached 0.8
million TV viewers in the all important 18 to 49 adult demographic.
"Blue Bloods" (CBS) grabbed 9.99 overall & 1.1 with
adults. “20/20” (ABC) nabbed 4.17 overall & 0.9 with adults.
“Dateline” is an investigative
program focusing on crime & murder in the United States. The
reporter and narrator is Andrea Canning.
“Return to Manitowoc County.” I
watched the 10-part series, “Making a Murderer” (netflix) several
times. It delved into the murder of Teresa Halbach. The focus was
primarily aimed at the defense team of Steven Avery. It raised a lot
of questions about the prosecution team and law enforcement at
Manitowoc county, Wisconsin. Kenneth Kratz (prosecution lawyer) went
on “Dateline” to defend himself. His own written book was plugged
and he called Steven a “psychopath.” He really didn't defend his
job as much as he did after the 10-part series premiered. Kratz says
he is moving on with his life, but there he is talking to Andrea
Canning.
Tom Fassbender (investigator) defended
himself also. He believed that Brendan Dassey (age 16) knew
right-from-wrong and helped commit the murder. He dismissed the
public criticism of his interrogation of Brendan as “arm-chair
detectives.” He also said Teresa's key was not planted inside
Steven's trailer by police. He claims that the police had numerous
places to look. They came back to Steven's home after “seven”
thorough searches. Police, all-of-the-sudden, found Teresa's key with
Steven's DNA on it.
Steven Avery and his nephew Brendan
Dassey were both convicted of Teresa's murder in 2005. Brendan's
conviction was overturned by a judge (2016) who believed his
confession was “co-erced” (involuntarily) by police. The
confession on tape shows Brendan as a mentally slow young man. He
sits in jail pending a new trial. Steven is appealing his conviction
with a new lawyer who is testing evidence that may have been planted
by investigators to frame him.
Watch episodes of “Dateline”
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