Making A Murderer's filmmakers Moira Demos and Laura Ricciardi have spoken out about some of the criticism they've faced since their docuseries hit Netflix at the end of 2015.
Steven Avery / Credit: Netflix
Speaking on the TCA winter press tour on January 17, Demos said: "We are documentary filmmakers, we are not prosecutors, we're not defence attorneys, we did not set out to convict or exonerate anyone."
She said that the team took "the most compelling evidence".
"Of course we left out evidence," she continued. "We're not putting on a trial by film. The question is whether what was omitted is significant, and the answer is no."
A reporter asked if the pair knew about allegations of abuse made against Avery by his ex-fiancée Jodi Stachowski, which Ricciardi denied.
"I think what we're seeing now is history repeating itself. It's now on a national scale - the media are demonising this man in order to prove his guilt...
"We showed Steven Avery, warts and all. We showed all of his priors and information to the extent that we could accurately fact-check it, and we had multiple sources for it.
"Just because someone is coming forward now with a narrative, their interpretation of something doesn't make it factual."
The same reporter challenged the pair again, leading to Ricciardi responding: "I guess what I would ask you is, how are (the allegations) relevant to this individual's right to a fair trial?"
Making A Murderer is available now in its 10-part entirety on Netflix.
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