Avery Request for Retrial Denied
by on 26 February, 2010 at 20:26.Filed under Steven Avery
Manitowoc County Judge Patrick Willis denied Steven Avery’s request for a new trial.
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Manitowoc County Judge Patrick Willis denied Steven Avery’s request for a new trial.
Read MoreWhen the State needed a pretense to interrogate Brendan Dassey, investigators coerced a fourteen‑year‑old girl to give them the reasons.
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.
Read MoreOn 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.
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