I agree the series is not as balanced as it perhaps should be, and was unaware of some details until you posted them. However, the crime scene was really odd with none of Brendan's DNA found there, an area that was extremely clean considering someone was apparently shot there, showed no drag marks, showed the Toyota RAV4 was used to transport the body a tiny distance and then left where could see it instead of being crushed and disposed of when no one would ever find it, and then major inconsistencies when it was searched.
In terms of the suspects being innocent until proved guilty, that seemed to be the other way round, and it didn't seem as if the jury was exactly impartial and open-minded. I'm not sure if it's covered in the last episode, which I'm going to watch tonight, but I was stunned the defence didn't ask a child psychologist to examine Brendan (in terms of his emotional and intelligent age) and present their findings to the court.
One final thought: the documentary introduced enough doubt that I would have voted to acquit both Steven and Brendan.
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