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Joy Powers
Brendan Dassey's Lawyers Seek Clemency: Seth Waxman in Conversation
Transcription of interview. Lake Effect's Joy Powers speaking with Seth Waxman, former Solicitor General for the U.S. and a member of...


Tracy Keogh
Brendan Dassey: A conversation with Wicklander-Zulawski
Assembling a formidable Amici Curiae in support of Brendan Dassey, the Juvenile Law Center partnered with Wicklander-Zulawski and Law...


Tracy Keogh
The Continued Wrongful Conviction of Brendan Dassey: A Year in Retrospect.
Since 1989, there have been 60 exonerations in the state of Wisconsin with over 414 years embezzled from the wrongfully convicted. The...

THE TIMES EDITORIAL BOARD
Juveniles are owed special protection from police coercion. Brendan Dassey should serve as reminder.
The Supreme Court long has recognized that in enforcing constitutional rights it must pay attention to the fact that juveniles are...

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...

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,...

Ephrat Livni
Netflix’s “Making a Murderer” may push SCOTUS to address a fundamental injustice
The US Supreme Court has long warned judges to be circumspect about accepting confessions from kids as evidence in criminal cases. They...

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...