Court rejects new trial bid in Making A Murderer case

Steven Avery at The Wisconsin Court of Appeals (Morry Gash, Pool/AP)

A US appeal court has rejected a request by Making A Murderer subject Steven Avery to hold a hearing on fresh evidence he wanted to present for a new trial.

Avery is serving a life sentence for the 2005 killing of photographer Teresa Halbach, a case that became the focus of a popular Netflix series whose creators raised questions about the convictions of Avery and his nephew Brendan Dassey.