Featured Review: 'Making a Murderer' depicts justice gone awry By FRAZIER MOORE AP Television Writer Jan 7, 2016 Jan 7, 2016 Updated Mar 15, 2023 × Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save NEW YORK — "Making a Murderer" is the latest series to demand you not just watch, but binge.kAmqFE D:?46 :ED }6E7=:I 563FE @? s64] `g[ :EVD 364@>6 6G6? >@C6 6?4@>A2DD:?8i 2 %9:?8[ 2 3F55:?8 4F=EFC2= A96?@>6?@?[ H9@D6 DF3;64E :D 6>6C8:?8 2D 2 A2:?7F= 42FD6 46=63C6]k^AmkAmu6H D6C:6D A24< 2 AF?49 =:<6 E9:D[ 2?5[ 7FCE96C DE@<:?8 J@FC >@C2= @FEC286[ E96 E2=6 E9:D `_\9@FC 5@4FD6C:6D E6==D :D C62=]k^AmkAmQ|2<:?8 2 |FC56C6CQ 49C@?:4=6D E96 92C5D9:A @7 $E6G6? pG6CJ[ 2? @E96CH:D6 @3D4FC6 >6>36C @7 2 D2=G286\J2C5 72>:=J :? 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