Making a Murderer's Jerry Buting says that fan theories could help free Steven Avery
Jerry Buting, one of the lawyers who defended Steven Avery in his 2007 murder trial and featured in the global hit series Making a Murderer says that he thinks thatthe show could help his former client to get out of jail.
"There's the old saying that two minds are better than one. Well, a million minds, or millions of minds, are better than two, because people are finding some things that we either didn't argue or didn't argue as effectively as perhaps we could have [during the trial]," he said, speaking to Ivan Yeats on Newstalk Breakfast.
Beyond Room - The true stories of women who were kidnapped and found
Last weekend saw the release of perhaps not just one of the most popular Irish films from this year but ever.
Room, based on the book by Emma Donoghue, tells the story from the point of view of a young boy who has grown up in the captivity of a small room with just the company of his mother who was kidnapped.
However, even though this story tries to give the viewer and reader an accurate portrayal of what it is like to be imprisoned, it is fiction. But there are true stories, terrifying true stories of women who have spent years locked away from the real world.
Here are just some of those stories. The names of the women who were captured are purposely given precedence, not their captors.
EU fine for Apple in Ireland could trigger a transatlantic tax war
US Treasury Secretary, Jack Lew, is coming under increasing pressure from influential Congress committees to retaliate with tax penalties against EU companies trading in the US if the European Commission directs the Irish government to recover billions of dollars in tax revenues from Apple.
The issue brought into renewed focus with confirmation that Apple chief executive, Tim Cook paid a flying visit to Brussels yesterday for private talks with EU Competition Commissioner, Margrethe Vestager.
Mother found guilty on 29 counts of cruelty to her children in west of Ireland
A woman has been found guilty on 29 counts of neglect and cruelty to her children in the west of Ireland between 2006 and 2011.
They came back with the verdicts after deliberating for just over three and a half hours.
The jurors emerged from the belly of the courthouse at 3.15 and the foreman answered guilty to 29 of the charges put to him. He replied not guilty to the remaining 13.
The claims of neglect and cruelty related to seven of the woman’s children – five of whom gave evidence through a live video link.
The court heard claims of children being beaten with wooden spoons, belts and a back scratcher.
Could Chris Forrester be set for a move to the Premier League?
Former St. Patrick's Athletic star Chris Forrester may be above to make the move from League 1 to the Premier League in the coming months.
The 23-year-old joined Peterborough United in august after spending three and a half years with the Inchicore club. The former Republic of Ireland Under-21 international has seemingly caught the attention of Everton.
