Please ensure Javascript is enabled for purposes of website accessibility

Making a Murderer

Aug 4, 2017

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.

Jun 28, 2017

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.

Jun 26, 2017

CRITIC’S CORNER: ‘Mistakes were made’: A reply to Michael Griesbach

Wisconsin prosecutor Michael Griesbach recently wrote, “To be sure, mistakes were made in the Avery case.”

Jun 23, 2017

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."

Feb 18, 2016

Prosecutors, defense attorneys clash over interrogation techniques

If nothing else, the Netflix series “Making a Murderer” has put a spotlight on an unsettling practice that Julius Kim and other defense lawyers see all the time: The admission into evidence of statements gathered in coercive interrogations.

Polls

What kind of stories do you want to read more of?

View Results

Loading ... Loading ...

Legal News

See All Legal News

WLJ People

Sea all WLJ People

Opinion Digests