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A former detective is suing the filmmakers who produced the Netflix series "Making a Murderer" alleging the documentary defamed him.
Tagged with: Steven Avery
Read More »Detective sues Netflix over ‘Making a Murderer’
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.
Tagged with: Brendan Dassey Making a Murderer Steven Avery
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.
Tagged with: Brendan Dassey Dean Strang Jerry Buting Making a Murderer Steven Avery Teresa Halbach
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.
Tagged with: Brendan Dassey Making a Murderer Steven Avery
Read More »Judge: Avery can’t add CD to evidence
A judge says a convict featured in the "Making a Murderer" Netflix series can't supplement his appellate record with a CD his attorneys say contains exculpatory evidence.
Tagged with: Kathleen Zellner Steven Avery
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."
Tagged with: Brendan Dassey Making a Murderer Steven Avery U.S. Supreme Court
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.
Tagged with: Brendan Dassey Making a Murderer Steven Avery Teresa Halbach
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.
Tagged with: Brendan Dassey Making a Murderer Steven Avery Teresa Halbach
Read More »Avery denied new trial, again
A Wisconsin man convicted of first-degree intentional homicide in a case featured on the Netflix series "Making A Murderer" has once again been denied a new trial.
Tagged with: Angela Sutkiewicz Steven Avery
Read More »Meeting the challenge to Wisconsin’s criminal jury instruction 140
Kenosha County criminal defense attorney Michael Cicchini is on a quest to revise what he considers Wisconsin’s deeply flawed jury instruction concerning the presumption of innocence and the burden of proof.
Tagged with: Michael Cicchini Michael Griesbach Steven Avery
Read More »Avery attorney wants judge to reconsider denial of new trial
An attorney for a Wisconsin man convicted of homicide in a case featured on the Netflix series "Making A Murderer" is again asking a judge to reconsider a previous ruling rejecting a request for a new trial.
Tagged with: Kathleen Zellner Steven Avery
Read More »Avery attorneys say new evidence warrants another trial
The lawyers representing a Wisconsin man convicted of homicide in a case featured on the Netflix series "Making A Murderer" are asking a circuit court to reconsider a ruling rejecting a request for a new trial.
Tagged with: Steven Avery
Read More »Avery denied new trial
A Wisconsin man convicted in the killing of a woman that was the focus of the hit Netflix series "Making a Murderer" has been denied a request for a new trial.
Tagged with: Angela Sutkiewicz Steven Avery
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.
Tagged with: Brendan Dassey Making a Murderer Steven Avery
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.
Tagged with: Brendan Dassey Making a Murderer Steven Avery
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.
Tagged with: Brendan Dassey Making a Murderer Steven Avery
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.
Tagged with: Brendan Dassey Laura Nirider Robert Dvorek Steven Avery
Read More »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.”
Tagged with: Critic's Corner Making a Murderer Michael D. Cicchini Michael Griesbach Steven Avery
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."
Tagged with: Brendan Dassey Making a Murderer Steven Avery
Read More »Prosecutors: No merit to Avery trial request
Prosecutors say there's no merit to a request for a new trial for a Wisconsin man who was the subject of the hit Netflix series "Making a Murderer."
Tagged with: Dean Strang Jerry Buting Kathleen Zellner Steven Avery
Read More »Anything you say (or don’t say) can be used against you
When confronted by the police, innocent suspects often want to talk in order to clear up things on the spot. But in many cases, the police will only hear what they want to hear, and will spin an innocent person’s denial into evidence of guilt.
Tagged with: Critic's Corner Michael D. Cicchini Steven Avery
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.
Tagged with: Brendan Dassey Steven Avery
Read More »CRITIC’S CORNER: Weird science in Wisconsin courts
Steven Avery was convicted of murder in 2007. At his trial, the state called numerous scientific experts to help seal his fate. Then, a few years later, Wisconsin adopted the stricter Daubert standard for the admissibility of expert testimony. Had this supposedly tougher standard been in effect earlier, how would it have affected Avery’s trial?
Tagged with: Critic's Corner Michael D. Cicchini Steven Avery
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.
Tagged with: Brad Schimel Brendan Dassey Luke Berg Misha Tseytlin Steven Avery
Read More »Evidence testing agreement filed in Steven Avery case
The lawyer for a Wisconsin man convicted in a case profiled in the "Making a Murderer" Netflix series says an agreement to start independent scientific testing on several critical pieces of evidence has been signed.
Tagged with: Angela Sutkiewicz Kathleen Zellner Steven Avery
Read More »Attorney general wants Dassey conviction confirmed
Wisconsin's attorney general asked a federal appeals court on Wednesday to let stand the conviction of a man found guilty in a case profiled in the popular "Making a Murderer" series on Netflix.
Tagged with: Brad Schimel Brendan Dassey Steven Avery William Duffin
Read More »Prosecutors want Dassey to remain locked up
Prosecutors want a federal judge to keep a man convicted in a case profiled in the popular "Making a Murderer" Netflix series behind bars while they appeal his release.
Tagged with: Brendan Dassey DOJ Steven Avery
Read More »Strang: Pay for court-appointed defense lawyers ‘an insult’
One of the attorneys who represented Steven Avery in his murder trial nearly a decade ago is calling the $40-an-hour rate that court-appointed lawyers get to defend indigent clients "an insult."
Tagged with: Brendan Dassey Dean Strang Steven Avery
Read More »Judge names special prosecutor in ‘Making a Murderer’ appeal
A judge has appointed a special prosecutor to represent the state of Wisconsin in a request for extensive testing in the case of a man featured in the Netflix series "Making a Murderer."
Tagged with: Jaclyn LaBre Norman Gahn Steven Avery
Read More »CRITIC’S CORNER: Convicting Dassey: Five easy steps to a false confession
The trouble with torture as an interrogation tactic is that the suspect will say whatever the interrogator wants to hear — regardless of whether it’s true. Unfortunately, this problem also plagues today’s softer, more sophisticated interrogation tactics.
Tagged with: Brendan Dassey Critic's Corner Michael Cicchini Steven Avery
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