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The Prosecutors

Legal Briefs 66: Convicting a Murderer--A Conversation with Shawn Rech

The Prosecutors

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True Crime, Talk Radio

4.38.8K Ratings

🗓️ 7 September 2023

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Originally on The Prosecutors: Legal Briefs. Shawn Rech freed an innocent man with the groundbreaking documentary, Murder in the Park. Now he takes on one of the most controversial innocence cases out there--that of Steven Avery. He tells us all about his newest project, Convicting a Murderer, which raises some disturbing questions about the motives and manipulations behind the Netflix blockbuster, Making a Murderer.

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0:00.0

I'm Alice and I'm Brett and this is the Prosecutor's legal case.

0:30.0

Welcome back to the Prosecutor's legal briefs. I'm your host Alice and I'm joined as always by my

0:41.1

convicting co-host Brett. Alice always with the puns always with the puns. I'm just glad that

0:46.6

it's not just me and you today because sometimes it's hard for me to help carry the show but today

0:52.4

we're fortunate to have someone else to entertain the audience. Absolutely. We are so excited to

0:59.1

have Sean rec here with us today. Sean is a nine-time Emmy award-winning documentary director

1:06.0

and producer. He is most known for creating films that document wrongful convictions and over

1:11.9

sentencing. In fact, three of his projects subjects have been released from prison. His first film,

1:19.0

A Murder in the Park, was named to Time Magazine's list be 15 most fascinating true crime stories

1:25.6

ever told. But prior to becoming a filmmaker, Sean created a local TV program focused on

1:32.4

unsolved crimes and his show led to tips that solved 10 murders. In addition, Sean partnered with

1:39.9

Chris Hansen to start True Blue, a streaming network dedicated to catching would-be sexual

1:46.3

predators. And today we are so excited to have Sean here with us to talk about his newest documentary

1:53.5

Convicting a Murderer, which is available on Daily Wire Plus. Sean, thank you so much for joining us.

2:00.0

I am intimidated by your incredible biography. Okay, stop it now. But thank you very much. I appreciate

2:06.6

you guys having me on. It's really important to get the word out about these projects. So thank you

2:11.4

for having me. Well, before we dive into Convicting a Murder, which I'm really excited to talk about,

2:16.8

for those of our listeners who may not know you just yet, can you give us just a little bit of a

2:21.6

snapshot of how you fell into this kind of true crime world, the, you know, wrongful conviction

2:27.9

world. And you truly have an incredible biography, not just because of the great works of art that

2:34.3

you've created, but because they've made an actual difference in people's lives and people who have

2:39.1

been wrongfully convicted and people who are victims of unsolved cases. This is truly the gold

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