If you haven't heard of the Netflix documentary series "Making a Murderer," what rock have you been living under? Seriously, all anyone talks about anymore is whether or not Steven Avery actually did it.

And for good reason. "Making a Murderer" is easy to become obsessed and addicted to, and you feel like you have an instant bond with anyone else that's binge-watched the series. More so than any other TV show you've ever watched, but for a documentary series? Real life? It's crazy how much we want to dive into a murder case set in a small county in Wisconsin.

So it begs the question -- why are we so obsessed with murder cases? The point could also be made for the first season of "Serial," which dealt with a similar issue in that neither had strong evidence and both convicted men are still trying to convey their evidence. But why do we suck up into this murder obsession? There was a case and a verdict that put someone at fault and in prison. We should be happy with the fact that the justice system did its job, right?

But in the back of all our minds, there's a hint of a thought, "This could be me." Whether or not you believe Steven Avery committed the whole crime or absolutely none of it, we all still know that he was in prison for 18 years because of a crime that he didn't commit. He lost 18 years of his life because the justice system failed him. And if you're on the side of starting to believe that he may not have done it, it freaks us all out that maybe someday, we could be the ones convicted of a crime that we didn't commit. Though we'd like to think that Steven Avery is far away and not at all similar to us, we know that his case could be repeated in our lives.

What scares us as white folks is the realization that the justice system that has been designed to protect us and when a white man is wrongly convicted, it freaks us out. We live in this fear of realizing that it could happen to us when in reality, it happens to minorities more frequently than you'd realize. Because here are the statistics: in a study at the University of Virginia School of Law that analyzes 200 wrongful conviction cases, 71 percent of them were minorities. There are countless other statistics on the issue, but the bottom line is that most people who are wrongfully convicted are minorities.

Wrongful convictions aren't the only flaw we see in the justice system. One in three black men can expect to go to jail in their lifetime. African Americans are four times as likely to experience the use of force during encounters with the police.  Black people are more likely to be given a longer sentence than white people for the same exact crime. The facts go on and on.

Maybe you're thinking, what the point? This guy had a Netflix show. It's easier to curl up in the comfort of our homes and watch someone go through something we're grateful we (probably) won't have to. It's easier to fill out a petition online and tweet about the show and think about how the justice system has failed Steven Avery and maybe has again. While we want to search for the truth and find justice for Steven Avery and whoever actually killed Teresa Halbach, don't forget about those who suffer from flaws in the justice system every single day.