“Making A Murderer” conviction overturned: What next for Brendan Dassey?

Dassey was only 16 when he and his uncle- Steven Avery- were convicted in 2005 in the murder of photographer Teresa Halbach.

Official documents state he should be “released from custody unless, within 90 days of the date of this decision, the State initiates proceedings to retry him”. One of the most devastating moments of Making A Murderer was when Brendan Dassey, the nephew of Steven Avery who was also arrested for the rape and murder of Teresa Halbach, complained to his mom that he was missing Wrestlemania because they wouldn’t let him watch it in prison.

Duffin wrote that Kachinsky’s conduct throughout the case was tactically and ethically inexcusable.

His conviction is the subject of a separate appeal so we need to wait and see how that one plays out.

November 3, 2005: Halbach’s family reports her missing. Both Avery and Dassey are serving separate life sentences.

According to Variety, “Making a Murderer” directors and executive producers Laura Ricciardi and Moira Demos expressed their statement about the recent news on Dassey’s case.

Oh, and remember Steven Avery’s lawyers, Jerry Buting and Dean Strang?

Avery’s defense team argued that the evidence was planted and that Avery was framed by the Manitowoc County Sheriffs Department in retaliation for a $36 million lawsuit that Avery initiated as the result of an earlier wrongful conviction. While police were convinced they had the right man – Halbach’s burned remains had been found in a fire pit on Avery’s property, and her auto keys were discovered inside his mobile home – many believed he had been framed.

February 12, 2007: Avery’s trial begins. Avery has not taken the witness stand. Dassey also does not testify in Avery’s trial. Nevertheless the pair were convicted in 2007. Avery is acquitted of the charge of mutilating a corpse. But they did use Brendan’s so-called confession in the press conference in which [prosecutor Ken Kratz] polluted the jury pool state-wide by telling them that this was a true confession when they knew there was no evidence that would support it. He was sentenced that June to life in prison.

August 2, 2007: Dassey is sentenced to mandatory life in prison with a possibility of parole set for November 1, 2048.

Convicted murderer Brendan Dassey just got a get out of jail free card, and it is causing a mixed reaction for producers of the documentary about the murder he was accused of participating in.

‘The court found “the investigators” actions amounted to deceptive interrogation tactics’.

Associated Press writers Amy Forliti and Doug Glass contributed from Minneapolis.