At one stage, it seemed freedom was right around the corner for Brendan Dassey.
One of the main subject’s of Netflix’s popular crime documentary series, Making A Murderer, had his ruling overturned throughout the year, raising hopes that he would soon leave prison.
Now though, it’s been repealed.He and his legal team had the motion for his release declined by a US appeals court.
Brendan was only 16-years-old when he was convicted, and then this year, at the age of 28, after his conviction was overturned, a Chicago court house found he was interviewed properly by police and his confession of murder was not forced.
If you remember watching the series, Brendan was brought into the police station on his own, without a parent or guardian, when he answered those questions.
Last year, a court in Wisconsin found that Dassey had been tricked into confessing, with the judge saying that Dassey has a low IQ, and was easily coerced.
There was also no legal representation for him and he changed his story multiple times.
