NetflixCEO Reed Hastings did n’t see it come : When the society swing its 10 - part true criminal offence series , make a Murderer , into its streaming pond back on December 18 , 2015 , Hastingssaidhis main thought was , " I go for it wins some awards , because it ’s not going to be popular . ” Hastings was unseasonable . Really , reallywrong .
on the face of it overnight , the rightful crimedocuseries — which told the unbelievable story of Steven Avery , a then-54 - year - sure-enough Wisconsin man who spend 18 years in prison after being wrongfully convict of a sexual assault ( DNA evidence freed him in 2003 ) and who is currently in prison for a execution he may or may not have committed — was all anyone could talk about .
But the chatter went far beyond rehashing Avery ’s big WTF moment ; it stimulate material and far - reachingdebatesabout the guilt trip or innocence of Avery and his nephew ( and co - defendant ) Brendan Dassey ( whose strong belief wasoverturnedin 2016 , yet he remains in prison ) , and about the American justice system as a whole . Now , viewers will get a hazard to see more of the tale .
More than two years afterconfirmingthat Netflix has re - enlisted directors Moira Demos and Laura Ricciardi — who spent 10 years create the original serial — to bring forth more episodes , urinate a Murderer Part 2finally has arelease date : October 19 , 2018 .
The new season will concentre on the post - conviction process for both Avery and Dassey , as they challenge their convictions . Which means that in addition to some familiar faces from the first season , we ’ll be precede to some new ace — including Kathleen Zellner , Avery ’s post - conviction lawyer , and lawyer Laura Nirider and Steven Drizin of Northwestern University ’s Center on Wrongful Convictions of Youth , who have been working with Dassey on his appeal .
" Steven and Brendan , their phratry , and their legal and investigative teams have once again graciously granted us admittance , giving us a windowpane into the complex WWW of American criminal Department of Justice , " Ricciardi and Demos said in a assertion . " Building on Part 1 , which documented the experience of the accused , in Part 2 , we have chronicled the experience of the convicted and imprisoned , two men each serving life sentence for crimes they maintain they did not commit . We are thrilled to be able to share this newfangled phase of the journey with watcher . "
