Friday, August 12, 2016

"Making A Murderer's" Brendan Dassey Has His Conviction Overturned

Dassey was just a teenager when he was convicted alongside his uncle Steven Avery.

Brendan Dassey, whose murder case was the subject of Netflix's hit series Making a Murderer, had his conviction overturned by a federal judge on Friday.

Brendan Dassey, whose murder case was the subject of Netflix's hit series Making a Murderer, had his conviction overturned by a federal judge on Friday.

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The court found Dassey's confession in the murder of Teresa Halbach was involuntary under the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments, according to court documents.

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