Dassey’s family hopeful for his release

The filmmakers behind “Making a Murderer” cast doubt on the legal process used to convict Avery and Dassey, and their work has sparked national interest and conjecture.

Dean Strang, a lawyer who together with colleague Jerry Buting, defended Steven Avery, has spoken out about the overturned conviction. Zellner said Avery was pleased to hear of the decision regarding his nephew’s conviction.

Avery’s attorney, Kathleen Zellner, who took up the appeal case in January, added: “Steven Avery is so happy for Brendan”. He filed a $36 million federal lawsuit against the county, its former sheriff and district attorney in 2004.

Halbach, a photographer for Auto Trader magazine, went missing on Halloween in 2005 after photographing a vehicle at Avery’s salvage yard.

26-year-old Dassey, who was convicted along with his uncle, Steven Avery, for the murder of Teresa Halback in 2005.

During the first season of Netflix’s extremely popular Making a Murderer, viewers watched in dismay as defendant Brendan Dassey was pummeled by the prosecution for murder and sexual assault charges.

Yesterday, a Milwaukee judge ruled that Dassey be “released from custody unless, within 90 days of the date of this decision, the State initiates proceedings to retry him”.

A spokesman for the Wisconsin Department of Justice declined to comment, saying in an email that the agency was reviewing the order.

After being sentenced to life with no parole for 41 years for the murder of Teresa Halbach, Brendan Dassey’s conviction has been overturned. They released a statement Friday upon receiving the news about their client.

Stating that she was thrilled for Dassey as a result of the fact that the State of Wisconsin “willfully destroyed his life”, she warned that she believes that Avery is “capable of murder”. Avery is pursuing his own appeal.

Dassey’s conviction was overturned Friday after a judge said in court documents obtained by ABC News that investigators’ four-hour interrogation was littered with leading statements and “false promises”.

Brendan Dassey in a police interview that was featured in the Making A Murderer documentary.