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Steve Drizin

Oct 30, 2019

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.

Jun 23, 2017

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.

Nov 15, 2016

State fights Dassey release (UPDATE)

The state of Wisconsin moved quickly Tuesday to try and block, or at least delay, the release of a man convicted in the case featured in the Netflix series "Making a Murderer."

Nov 15, 2016

Dassey must say Tuesday where he’ll live

A man convicted as a teen in the case featured in the Netflix series "Making a Murderer" faces a deadline to tell authorities where he plans to live once he is released.

Nov 14, 2016

Judge orders Dassey release (UPDATE)

A man whose homicide conviction was overturned in a case profiled in the Netflix series "Making a Murderer," was ordered released Monday from federal prison while prosecutors appeal.

Sep 9, 2016

Attorney general appeals Dassey ruling (UPDATE)

Wisconsin's attorney general on Friday appealed the overturned conviction of a man accused of helping his uncle kill a woman in a case profiled in the popular Netflix series "Making a Murderer."

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