UNC law school alum gains fan base after starring in Netflix’s 'Making a Murderer'

Posted Jan 26, 2016
If UNC’s School of Law creates a course on how to deal with being an internet sensation, Jerry Buting might be the perfect professor. The UNC law class of 1981 graduate defended Steven Avery in the Netflix series “Making a Murderer.” The documentary follows the trial of Steven Avery, who was accused, and eventually convicted, of murdering Teresa Halbach. (Daily Tar Heel)

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