Dean Strang and Jerry Buting have sent a letter to Gov. Tony Evers urging him to exercise his constitutional power to free Brendan Dassey by commuting his sentence.
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Court hands ‘Making a Murderer’ subject Avery latest defeat
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has rejected a request by Steven Avery to review his conviction for killing a young photographer in 2005, a case that became the focus of a popular Netflix series "Making a Murderer."
Read More »Court upholds ruling against former Dassey attorney
A Wisconsin appeals court on Wednesday upheld a ruling that the former attorney for a man whose story was documented in the 2015 Netflix series "Making a Murderer" violated a harassment restraining order against him.
Read More »Evers rejects Dassey’s pardon bid (UPDATE)
Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers said Friday he will not consider a pardon request from a man convicted of rape and murder when he was a teenager whose story was documented in the 2015 Netflix series "Making a Murderer."
Read More »Dassey isn’t on Gov. Evers’ latest list of pardons. Here’s why Barry Scheck says he should be
Gov. Tony Evers issued another round of pardons over the weekend. Missing among the list of those pardoned — Brendan Dassey.
Read More »Attorneys work to give Dassey hope of life outside prison
Brendan Dassey’s legal team is advocating for what they are calling Dassey’s best chance at a life outside prison.
Read More »250 sign letter supporting Dassey’s petition for clemency
Nearly 250 people sent an open letter to Gov. Tony Evers in support of Brendan Dassey's petition for executive clemency.
Read More »Steven Avery files promised appeal
The attorney representing Steven Avery, whose criminal case was featured in the Netflix series "Making a Murderer," is seeking a new trial or evidentiary hearing.
Read More »Dassey seeks pardon, commutation
A man convicted of rape and murder when he was a teenager and whose story was documented in the 2015 Netflix series "Making a Murderer" is asking Wisconsin's governor for a pardon or commutation of his life sentence, attorneys said on Wednesday.
Read More »Justices bar judge from bench for 3 years for harassment
The state Supreme Court has barred a former Fox Crossing municipal judge from serving on the bench for three years after his clerk accused him of harassment.
Read More »Dassey moved to Oshkosh prison
Brendan Dassey, who was convicted along with his uncle in a Wisconsin slaying that was featured in the Netflix series "Making a Murderer," has been moved to a less secure prison.
Read More »After making a hit, ‘Making a Murderer’ returns with more
The "Making a Murderer" filmmakers were in many ways in a race against the clock to make part two of their series, now streaming on Netflix.
Read More »Steven Avery lawyers help start non-profit to reform use of forensic science
A University of Wisconsin Law School professor and Steven Avery’s former lawyers have begun a non-profit foundation dedicated to reforming how forensic science is used in the criminal-justice system.
Read More »‘Making a Murderer’ sequel to premiere Oct. 19
A sequel to the popular "Making a Murderer" documentary series is set to premiere Oct. 19 on Netflix.
Read More »Wisconsin Supreme Court suspends judge accused of harassment
The Wisconsin Supreme Court this week suspended a Fox Crossing municipal judge who was arrested on preliminary charges of stalking and violating a temporary restraining order involving a court clerk who alleges he harassed her.
Read More »US Supreme Court declines to hear Dassey case
The U.S. Supreme Court said Monday it won't weigh in on the case of a teenager convicted of rape and murder whose story was documented in the Netflix series "Making a Murderer."
Read More »Dassey asks high court to take his case (UPDATE)
A teenager whose case was documented in the Netflix series "Making a Murderer" wants the Supreme Court to hear his case.
Read More »Supreme Court reschedules ‘Making a Murderer’ conference
The U.S. Supreme Court has rescheduled a conference where it was to consider whether it should review the conviction of an inmate featured in the "Making a Murderer" documentary series.
Read More »State: High court shouldn’t review ‘Making a Murderer’ case
Wisconsin Department of Justice attorneys are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to reject a request to review the conviction of an inmate featured in the "Making a Murderer" documentary series.
Read More »7th Circuit: Dassey’s confession stands
A federal appeals court in Chicago narrowly overturned a ruling Friday that could have freed a Wisconsin inmate featured in the "Making a Murderer" series from prison, though one dissenting judge called the case "a profound miscarriage of justice."
Read More »Judges appear split in ‘Making a Murderer’ appeal (UPDATE)
A federal appeals court will consider arguments Tuesday over whether detectives tricked a Wisconsin inmate featured in the "Making a Murderer" series into confessing and whether he should go free in a case that puts police practices in the spotlight.
Read More »Full federal court agrees to hear appeal in Dassey case
The full federal 7th Circuit Court of Appeals will review a ruling overturning the conviction of a Wisconsin inmate featured in the "Making a Murderer" documentary.
Read More »Appeals court: No immediate release for Dassey
A Wisconsin inmate featured in the hit Netflix series "Making a Murderer" lost another bid Wednesday to get out of prison while state attorneys fight a ruling overturning his conviction.
Read More »State wants Dassey to stay in jail
Wisconsin attorneys asked a federal appeals court Monday to keep an inmate featured in the Netxflix series "Making a Murderer" behind bars while they fight a second ruling overturning his conviction.
Read More »Lawyers want Dassey released
Attorneys for a Wisconsin inmate featured in the Netflix series "Making a Murderer" petitioned for his immediate release Friday after a federal appeals court ruled that his confession was coerced.
Read More »A timeline of events in the Brendan Dassey case
A federal appeals panel affirmed a lower court's ruling that Brendan Dassey's confession was improperly obtained in a Wisconsin killing that was the focus of the Netflix series "Making a Murderer."
Read More »Judges affirm Dassey confession was coerced
The confession of a Wisconsin inmate featured in the Netflix series "Making a Murderer" was improperly obtained and he should be released from prison, a three-judge federal appeals panel ruled Thursday.
Read More »CRITIC’S CORNER: Critical omissions in ‘Making a Murderer’?
Whenever I write a motion or a brief on behalf of a client, it inevitably requires that I quote language from a published case, the criminal complaint, or some other document.
Read More »Lawyer to panel: No promises to Dassey (UPDATE)
State attorneys are trying to persuade a panel of federal appellate judges that a Wisconsin inmate featured in the Netflix series "Making a Murderer" was properly convicted.
Read More »Prosecutors: ‘Making a Murderer’ inmate’s confession legal (UPDATE)
A Wisconsin inmate featured in the Netflix series "Making a Murderer" has no basis for his claims that his confession wasn't voluntary and shouldn't be released from prison as a judge has ordered, state attorneys argued in a court filing.
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