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08-13-2016, 01:45 AM
'Making a Murderer' conviction overturned: Brendan Dassey could be freed
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MADISON, Wis. — A federal court in Wisconsin on Friday overturned the conviction of a man found guilty of helping his uncle kill Teresa Halbach in a case profiled in the Netflix documentary Making a Murderer.
The U.S. District Court in Milwaukee overturned Brendan Dassey's conviction and ordered him freed within 90 days unless prosecutors decide to retry him. A spokeswoman for the state Department of Justice, which was handling the case, did **t immediately return a message seeking comment.
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Magistrate Judge William Duffin said in Friday's ruling that investigators made false promises to Dassey by assuring him "he had **thing to worry about." Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/12/brendan-dassey-ruling-overturned/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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MADISON, Wis. — A federal court in Wisconsin on Friday overturned the conviction of a man found guilty of helping his uncle kill Teresa Halbach in a case profiled in the Netflix documentary Making a Murderer.
The U.S. District Court in Milwaukee overturned Brendan Dassey's conviction and ordered him freed within 90 days unless prosecutors decide to retry him. A spokeswoman for the state Department of Justice, which was handling the case, did **t immediately return a message seeking comment.
SEE ALSO: Netflix to produce new episodes of 'Making a Murderer' (http://mashable.com/2016/07/19/making-a-murderer-renewed-netflix/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
Magistrate Judge William Duffin said in Friday's ruling that investigators made false promises to Dassey by assuring him "he had **thing to worry about." Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/12/brendan-dassey-ruling-overturned/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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