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Kevin Daley
NETFLIX’S ‘MAKING A MURDERER’ SHOWS GRIM REALITY OF FALSE CONFESSIONS, DASSEY LAWYERS TELL SUPREME C
Brendan Dassey of “Making a Murderer” notoriety has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review his case, arguing his conviction and life...
Marsha Levick
SCOTUS Should Enforce Protections for Children During Police Interrogations
For decades, the Supreme Court has protected children from a variety of excesses and abuses in our justice system—but its work is not...
Steven Drizin
How Shadur inspired a movement to aid juveniles caught in the system
Judge Milton I. Shadur, who died on Jan. 17, at the age of 93, was one of the most prolific federal judges in U.S. history, authoring...
Timothy P ONeill
Confessions, case law and 50 years of silence from Supreme Court
Last August I wrote about Brendan Dassey, the teenager convicted of murder in Wisconsin along with his uncle, Steven Avery. This case was...
Amanda Maile
Lawyer for 'Making a Murderer' subject wants Supreme Court to review case
A lawyer for Brendan Dassey, one of the subjects in Netflix’s “Making a Murderer,” said he hopes the Supreme Court will review his...
Tracy Keogh
Brendan Dassey: 2017 a Year to Forget?
The United States National Registry of Exonerations currently lists the number of exonerations (since 1989) at 2,145, equating to just...