Convoluted Brian

Is it Over?

Keep in mind that when the wrong person is coerced into pleading to a crime, the real perpetrators are still out there. They will act again.

The End Game of the Trial of Brendan Dassey

The ending of the trial of Brendan Dassey was filled with opportunities lost by the defense team.

Dassey Retrial Hearing Day Five

Again Appleton, Wisconsin’s Post~Crescent put a false spin on their coverage of the hearing.

Dassey Retrial Hearing Day Three

Dassey’s trial attorney wondered if the previous defense attorney were working for the police.

Kayla

When the State needed a pretense to interrogate Brendan Dassey, investigators coerced a fourteen‑year‑old girl to give them the reasons.

Interrogation of the Child

The interrogation of an eight‑year‑old child in St. Johns Arizona is yet another example of why we cannot trust the police with our children.

Prosecutor and Police Undermining their Child Victim

The St. Johns, Arizona, Police and the Apache County Attorney would rather railroad an eight‑year‑old child than face up to their errors.

Cold Blooded Eight-Year-Old Killer?

Wags are wondering what would motivate an eight‑year‑old to murder two adult men. Instead, they should wonder if the police got it right.

Arizona – Police Coerce Confession from Child

Police illegally interrogate an eight‑year‑old child and gain a confession of two murders. Is this a case of wishful thinking among investigators?

The Dassey Confessions – Sheboygan County Sheriff’s Department

During the fourth interrogation of Brendan Dassey, investigators attempted to implicate Brendan’s friend Travis, his brother Blaine, Jodi Stachowski, and others in the crime.

The interrogation was characterized by constant coercion of the sixteen‑year‑old special education student. Interrogators even managed to have Brendan say that a known truth was a lie.

Manitowoc County Interrogation of Brendan Dassey ‑ Before the Shot

The confession from this interrogation was used in edited form at the trial of Brendan Dassey. Investigators and the State had a warrant ready to search the Avery property again, and this interrogation was needed to retroactively justify it. The two interrogators guided Dassey to supply statements they needed and at times told him what they wanted to hear. Investigators wanted to look for evidence of shooting, so Investigator Mark Wiegert told Dassey that Teresa Halbach was shot in the head.

Manitowoc County Confession of Brendan Dassey – Prelude

On the morning of 1 March, 2006, lead investigators for the prosecution picked up Brendan Dassey from his school to take him to an interrogation. They stopped at his home to get a pair of jeans they believed implicated Dassey in the murder of Teresa Halbach. The jeans did not contain supporting evidence.

The Mishicot High School Confession of Brendan Dassey

The written confession of Brendan Dassey resulting from the Mishicot High School interrogation was obtained with the prompts and additions from the interrogators. Due to the poor quality of their recording technique, Special Prosecutor Ken Kratz instructed them to conduct a second session on 27 February, 2006.

The Mishicot High School Interrogation of Brendan Dassey

Calumet County Investigator Mark Wiegert and Wisconsin Special Agent Tom Fassbender claimed that the 27 February session at Mishicot High School was an interview. It was a full blown interrogation with the intrepid two stating from the onset that the sixteen‑year‑old special education student Brendan Dassey saw a body in the bonfire of 31 October, 2005. They would accept nothing that was contrary. Dassey was not safe in his school. No school official was present.

The Four Confessions of Brendan Dassey ‑ Introduction

Repeat after me. No evidence is not evidence.