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Making a Murderer and Deflategate Are Eerily Similar

By DJ Smith

Oct 11, 2015; Arlington, TX, USA; General view of a New England Patriots football on the field prior to the game against the Dallas Cowboys at AT&T Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Matthew Emmons-USA TODAY Sports
Oct 11, 2015; Arlington, TX, USA; General view of a New England Patriots football on the field prior to the game against the Dallas Cowboys at AT&T Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Matthew Emmons-USA TODAY Sports /
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Similarities between the latest Netflix hit Making a Murderer and the Patriots’ Deflategate issue are striking.

Jan 22, 2015; Foxborough, MA, USA; The New England Patriots logo on the podium while quarterback Tom Brady (not pictured) talks to the media at Gillette Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Greg M. Cooper-USA TODAY Sports
Jan 22, 2015; Foxborough, MA, USA; The New England Patriots logo on the podium while quarterback Tom Brady (not pictured) talks to the media at Gillette Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Greg M. Cooper-USA TODAY Sports /

SPOILER ALERT: If you have not seen Making a Murderer on Netflix proceed with caution. Spoilers are aplenty.

For everyone that has seen the hit show Making a Murderer on Netflix in the past month, there has been speculation running wild over Steven Avery’s innocence. The mini-series gives a detailed overview of how Avery was released from jail after serving 18 years for a crime he did not commit, only for new charges of murder to be set against him.

However the manner in which the charges are presented causes many eyebrows to be raised, and question whether or not Avery really did commit the crime charged against him.

Watching this mini-series I couldn’t help but think of a recent case that caught the national attention like Making a Murderer has. A case where the line between innocence and guilt was as clear as a foggy Wisconsin morning, that case I’m referring to is simply referred to as Deflategate.

When looking at the two cases, the characters, the story and the outcome are eerily similar and quite frankly I’m surprised I haven’t heard the comparisons between the two cases as of yet. But if I have to be the one to introduce the similarities between the two cases then so be it, lets examine how the case against Steven Avery and the Deflategate scandal are more similar than we think.

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