Comment on Appeals Court Rules in Favor of Making A Murderer's Brendan Dassey

Appeals Court Rules in Favor of Making A Murderer's Brendan Dassey

Netflix's hit documentary series Making a Murderer got viewers up in arms about the possible corruption within the tktk police force, and the topic of whether or not Steven Avery was guilty became a national discussion. Back in August of 2016, a federal magistrate judge ruled in Dasseys' favor, agreeing that his confession to the murder had been coerced and was therefore inadmissible. The majority opinion by Judges Ilana Rovner cited, "the leading, the fact-feeding, the false promises, the manipulation of Dassey's desire to please" as grounds to invalidate the confession.

 

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