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‘Making a Murderer’ attorney seeks more evidence testing (UPDATE)
The attorney for a Wisconsin inmate featured in the hit Netflix series "Making a Murderer" filed a motion Friday seeking permission to perform extensive testing on evidence she believes will show he's innocent.
EDITORIAL: The real lesson of ‘Making a Murderer’
Pity poor defense attorneys. Not only do they tend to work long hours for less pay than many of their colleagues. Their job also can often be worse than thankless.
Dassey conviction overturned (UPDATE)
A judge overturned the conviction of a Wisconsin man found guilty of helping his uncle kill a woman in a case profiled in the Netflix series "Making a Murderer," ruling that investigators coerced a confession using deceptive tactics.
CRITIC’S CORNER: Convicting Avery (and overturning Denny)
The wildly popular Netflix documentary “Making a Murderer” chronicles the two convictions of Steven Avery. The bulk of the documentary concentrated on Avery’s second case — his trial for the murder of Teresa Halbach — in which there was a great deal of evidence that someone else, other than Avery, committed the crime.
Wrongful conviction, drunken driving bills left off Senate agenda (UPDATE)
The Wisconsin Senate is unlikely to take up bills that would outlaw so-called sanctuary cities for immigrants, increase compensation for the wrongly convicted and allow students to deduct debt from their income taxes when it convenes Tuesday for what's expected to be the last floor period of the two-year legislative session.
Lawyer featured in ‘Making a Murderer’ is writing a book
An attorney for Steven Avery who was featured in the hit Netflix series "Making a Murderer" has more to say about the trial.
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.
Assembly approves wrongful conviction compensation
Wisconsin legislators took a step Tuesday toward dramatically increasing compensation for the wrongly convicted, unanimously passing a bill in the state Assembly that would boost exonorees' payouts and grant them state insurance and job training benefits.
Avery defense team to headline trial attorney events
A civil rights attorney and a criminal defense attorney featured in a recent Netflix series will be the keynote speakers at a seminar hosted by the state's plaintiff attorneys association.
Explosives threat one of many due to ‘Making a Murderer’
Bomb threats to a Wisconsin county sheriff's office that made an apparent reference to "getting justice" for the convict profiled in the popular Netflix series "Making a Murderer" are the latest in a long string of threats made to the department and its officers since the series went online, officials said Thursday.
View from around the state: What ‘Making a Murderer’ missed
Over the past month, the name Steven Avery has dominated headlines throughout the state and nation.
Prosecutor in ‘Making a Murderer’ case says he’ll write book
The man who prosecuted the case featured in the Netflix show "Making a Murderer" says he's writing a book.
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