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Lawyer featured in ‘Making a Murderer’ is writing a book

By: Associated Press//March 7, 2016//

Lawyer featured in ‘Making a Murderer’ is writing a book

By: Associated Press//March 7, 2016//

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Steven Avery, left, appears during his sentencing as his attorney Jerome Buting listens at the Manitowoc County Courthouse in Manitowoc, Wis Avery was convicted of murdering photographer Teresa Halbach in 2005 and was sentenced to life in prison with no chance for parole. Buting has a deal with HarperCollins Publishers for a book being released next year. The book will be released through the Harper imprint. The case was the subject of the Netflix series, "Making A Murderer." (Dan Powers/The Post-Crescent via AP, File)
Steven Avery appears during his sentencing as his attorney, Jerry Buting, listens at the Manitowoc County Courthouse in 2007. Buting has a deal with HarperCollins Publishers for a book being released next year. (Dan Powers/The Post-Crescent via AP, File)

NEW YORK (AP) — An attorney for Steven Avery who was featured in the hit Netflix series “Making a Murderer” has more to say about the trial.

HarperCollins tells The Associated Press on Monday that Jerry Buting has a deal with HarperCollins Publishers for a book being released next year. The book will be released through the Harper imprint.

“Making a Murderer” chronicles the hardship of Avery, a member of a salvage-yard family in Wisconsin’s rural Manitowoc County who served 18 years in prison for a 1985 rape he didn’t commit. The series tells of Avery’s widely disputed conviction in the 2005 death of a photographer.

The documentary suggests the possibility that deputies planted evidence.

In the book, Buting will draw on his 35-year career and assail the “dysfunction” of the criminal justice system.

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