The half-brother of the true crime documentary’s subject Brendan Dassey has put out a hip-hop track, explaining why he thinks Dassey and Steven Avery – who were both convicted of the murder of Teresa Halbach in 2005 – are innocent. Overall, he’s asking for the court to declare a mistrial.
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Mahler made comments saying there were people who were more timid or passive who were being dominated in the jury room. IL attorney Kathleen Zellner announced last Friday that her firm will represent Avery.
Referring to items seized in searches he claims took place without a proper warrant, Avery writes: “Evidence seized or used at trial is clearly ‘fruit of the poisonous tree”.
Avery has also recently secured new legal representation. After serving 18 years in prison, he was exonerated based on DNA evidence and released in 2003.
In fact, Brendan’s conviction hasn’t just upset Brad for what he feels is injustice, but it’s affected his life as well since he was sacked from his DJ gig after his brother was convicted and sentenced to life in prison. The series calls into question the investigation and trial that put Avery and his nephew, Dassey, behind bars, and alleges that the investigators and police in the case planted evidence and otherwise manipulated the outcome of the trial.
“Steven Avery was convicted by a jury of his peers for a brutal, brutal rape and murder of a 25-year-old girl”, the governor continued.
The alleged tampering juror also told the others, “If you can’t handle it why don’t you tell them and just leave”. There is a strong feeling amongst viewers of the docu-series that Avery and Dassey were set up by the Manitowoc County Sheriff’s Department and did not commit the murder.
At the conclusion of the series, Avery’s defence lawyers, Dean Strang and Jerry Buting, wrapped up their involvement in the case and Avery chose to proceed on his own. She’s the legal director of the Midwest Innocence Project.
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Over 400,000 people have signed a petition calling for the release of Avery and Dassey since the show’s broadcast.
