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The Importance of Understanding
When Manitowoc County Judge Jerome Fox denied Brendan Dassey’s request for a new trial, he creatively invented facts that were false.
Read MoreThe completion of the interrogation of Brendan Dassey at the Manitowoc County Sheriff’s Department contained even more leading and feeding by the interrogators.
Read MoreThe 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.
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