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Leah Litman
Making A Murderer Makes Its Way To The Supreme Court
Last week, Williams v. Louisiana settled with an agreement that resulted in the release of Corey Williams. Williams, for those who may...
Tracy Keogh
Advocacy in a World of Wrongful Convictions
Kelly Loudenberg’s topical odyssey “The Confession Tapes” aired in the September of 2017 satiating a global appetite for tales of the...
Tracy Keogh
Brendan Dassey Seeks ‘Special Care’ with US Supreme Court Review
February 20th, 2018, Brendan Dassey filed a writ of certiorari with the United States Supreme Court, a stark reminder to those litigating...
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Juvenile justice advocates ask Supreme Court to review Dassey case
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WBAY) - Juvenile justice advocates have filed a brief with the United States Supreme Court in support of Brendan...
Allie Goulding
School of Law lawyers in ‘Making a Murderer’ case seek Supreme Court action on juvenile false confes
If the U.S. Supreme Court decides to hear the case of Pritzker lawyer Laura Nirider’s client, Brendan Dassey, it will be the first time...
Steven Drizin, Laura Nirider, CWYC
BRENDAN DASSEY’S LEGAL TEAM ASKS UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT TO HEAR BRENDAN’S CASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 20, 2018 MEDIA CONTACT: Laura Nirider at 312-503-8576 or l-nirider@law.northwestern.edu Steven Drizin at...
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...
