Avery's Lawyer on Dassey: 'Another Fabricated Confession Bites the Dust'

ByMICHAEL ROTHMAN ABCNews logo
Saturday, August 13, 2016

News broke today that a judge in Wisconsin has overturned the murder conviction of "Making a Murderer" subject Brendan Dassey.

The 26-year-old was convicted, along with his uncle Steven Avery, of murdering Teresa Halbach a decade ago and sentenced to life in prison. Both Avery and Dassey were key subjects in the Netflix series written and produced by filmmakers Moira Demos and Laura Ricciardi, who have yet to react to the news publicly.

Kathleen Zellner, Avery's attorney that he obtained in January, posted on Twitter, writing, "Justice for Brendan as another LE fabricated confession bites the dust. Convicting the innocent foiled by unbiased court."

Dassey's half brother Brad also took to Facebook to write, "Just hope for the best. We'll all talk as soon as he's for sure OUT. Thank you."

Dassey, in particular, gained attention through the true crime series, because of his videotaped confession, which took place when Dassey was 16 years old. Today, the judge ruled that how the confession was conducted, including Dassey's "intellectual deficits, and the absence of a supportive adult ... made him more susceptible to coercive pressures."

The series' fans took to social media to voice their opinions about the development, with most believing an innocent man is now free. Others began to question what this means for Avery, 54, who is still serving his life sentence.

Here's what others had to say:

ABC News reached out to the filmmakers, Dassey's attorney, and former prosecutor Ken Kratz, who handled Avery and Dassey's murder trials, for comment, but hasn't heard back yet.

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