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Tracy Keogh
Brendan Dassey & The UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Fewer maxims have greater resonance in United States common law jurisprudence than the presumption of innocence. Fused at the...
Dave Thompson, CFI – VP of Operations
WZ Response to Supreme Court Decision in Brendan Dassey Case
After listening to hours of Brendan Dassey’s interrogations, multiple times, there are many issues to highlight but there is one segment...
Laura Nirider
Brendan Dassey Attorney Statement
Statement by Brendan Dassey’s attorney Laura Nirider from Northwestern Pritzker School of Law’s Center on Wrongful Convictions of Youth...
Tony Mauro
Watching ‘Making a Murderer’ at the US Supreme Court
"This is an unbelievably important case,” says Wilmer Hale's Seth Waxman, who wrote the petition on Brendan Dassey’s behalf. The petition...
Barbara McMahon
Netflix's Making a Murderer: the Brendan Dassey case goes to the US Supreme Court
It was the crime story that gripped millions. Now the US Supreme Court will consider whether a 16-year-old was coerced into confessing....
Saul Kassin, PhD
Why SCOTUS Should Examine the Case of "Making a Murderer’s" Brendan Dassey
Any day now, the U.S. Supreme Court will consider whether to weigh in on the case of Brendan Dassey, convicted “co-star” of the 2015...
Marty Tankleff
Not all teens who confess are guilty
Editors Note: Marty Tankleff, J.D., was sentenced to prison for the murder of his parents before his conviction was overturned nearly 18...
Adam Liptak
Was It a False Confession in ‘Making a Murderer’? The Supreme Court May Decide
Brendan Dassey in a Wisconsin courtroom in 2007. His lawyers say he was coaxed into making a false confession.CreditPool photo by Dan...
Brandon Garrett,
Brendan Dassey's false confession shows we need to be more careful when interrogating juveniles
Netflix's 'Making a Murderer' got it right by showing how Brendan Dassey's confession should have never been admitted. The popular...
Douglas Starr
In the “Making a Murderer” Case, the Supreme Court Could Help Address the Problem of False Confessio
Brendan Dassey, whose case was featured in “Making a Murderer,” is serving a life sentence that was entirely based on his confession,...