Wisconsin governor Scott Walker will not pardon ‘Making a Murderer’ convict Steven Avery

Wisconsin governor, Scott Walker, will not pardon a man convicted with his nephew of murder, in a case dramatised in the television documentary, Making a Murderer, despite online petitions seeking their release, his office said.

Walker has not watched the Netflix documentary examining the case for Steven Avery’s innocence, in what is arguably the most infamous murder case in Wisconsin’s history.

Avery and his nephew, Brendan Dassey, are serving life sentences for the 2005 killing of freelance photographer, Teresa Halbach, who was found outside Avery’s home in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin.