Avery's testing positive for COIVD-19 was announced by Avery's former attorney, Jerome Buting, and other advocates on social media.
Avery was wrongfully convicted of an attack against a jogger in 1985, and exonerated by DNA testing and released in 2003.
"Following his release in 2003, Avery filed a $36-million lawsuit against Manitowoc County, its former sheriff, and its former district attorney for wrongful conviction and imprisonment. In November 2005, with his civil suit still pending, he was arrested for the murder of Wisconsin photographer Teresa Halbach, and in 2007 was convicted and sentenced to
life imprisonment without possibility of parole," notes a CNN report, cited in Wikipedia.
In 2005, Avery was framed by corrupt law enforcement officials in Calumet and Manitowoc counties in retaliation for his civil suit.
He was subsequently convicted in an area notorious for corruption and crooked law enforcement such as the district attorney, Ken Kratz, who served as chief prosecutor. Kratz was later driven from office, and then forced to resign his law license.Just got off the phone with Steven. His voice is strong and clear. He has no respiratory issues, no fever or muscle aches. He says he is almost well and this virus is “nothing”compared to the suffering he has endured as an innocent man behind bars. #MakingAMurderer2 @TruthWins— Kathleen Zellner (@ZellnerLaw) June 4, 2020
Avery is serving a life sentence at the maximum-security Waupun Correctional Institution.
Avery's contracting the COVID 19 was feared by advocates working for his freedom.
Wisconsin Gov Tony Evers (D) and Attorney General Joshua Kaul (D) have worked against freeing Avery and another wrongfully convicted man, Brendan Dassey.
Freeing these innocent men would result in the most spectacular law enforcement scandal in Wisconsin history that could ultimately lead to the downfall of Kaul, Evers and dozens of corrupt police and prosecutors for whom the two Democratic Party officials are working.
Avery's testing positive for COIVD-19 was announced by Avery's former attorney, Jerome Buting, and other advocates on social media.
Steven Avery has tested positive for COVID-19, and is confined to his cell. But @SandyGreenman reports he only had short-lived symptoms & is in good spirits. 🙏🏼 for speedy recovery and quick justice. #FreeStevenAvery— Jerome Buting (@JButing) June 3, 2020
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