another twist in the tale
Making A Murderer's Brendan Dassey who last month had his murder conviction overturned, may not be released from prison after all.
The 26-year-old was due to leave within 90 days, but the Wisconsin Department of Justice has filed to overturn that.
Prosecutors believe Dassey shouldn't be let out over claims from the defence that there were problems with the investigation.
Attorney General, Brad Schimel, has criticised the judge's decision.
"We believe the magistrate judge's decision that Brendan Dassey's confession was coerced by investigators, and that no reasonable court could have concluded otherwise, is wrong on the facts and wrong on the law," he said.
A US federal judge had overturned the murder conviction of Brendan Dassey, whose case was followed in Netflix's Making a Murderer documentary.
Dassey, who has learning difficulties, and his uncle Steven Avery were convicted of murdering 25-year-old Teresa Halbach, in 2005.
Avery and Dassey, who was 16 at the time, were sentenced to life in prison.
His defence argued that he was coerced into confessing to the crime while being interviewed alone and without a lawyer.
But Attorney General, Brad Schimel, believes police were right to carry out the investigation as they did.
"The investigators did not use constitutionally impermissible tactics," he says.
"Two state courts carefully examined the evidence and properly concluded that Brendan Dassey's confession to sexually assaulting and murdering Teresa Halbach with his uncle, Steven Avery, was voluntary."
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