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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."
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."
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.
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.
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?
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.
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.
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.
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.
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."
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."
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.
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