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Dassey so little understood what happened during the four separate interrogation sessions for two days that, when they were finished and that he had confessed, he had asked if he could return to school for a sixth-grade course.
"Minors and people with intellectual disabilities are particularly at risk of confessing unintentionally – and often wrongly – under the pressure of coercive police tactics," said Seth Waxman, a former Solicitor General of the United States who urged the Supreme Court to hear the case. Call from Dassey.
The lower courts found that the confessions were involuntary, but the Chicago Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals upheld his conviction, concluding that he was speaking freely and providing several incriminating details in response to open-ended questions.
Wisconsin lawyers urged the court not to take the case and leave his conviction unchanged. They argued that Dassey interrogators used only standard investigative techniques and never raised their voices. They say that he confessed unexpectedly to raping the victim while she was tied up in bed, providing new information about the crime that does not come from any incitement on their part.
"The only plausible source of his admissions was his guilty conscience," said Misha Tseytlin, Solicitor General of Wisconsin.
The Netflix series was viewed by 20 million people, received six Emmy nominations, and spurred 400,000 petitions urging President Barack Obama to grant a pardon, which would not have been possible because the sentence was passed. before a state court. .
Dassey is now 28 years old and has served 12 years in prison for life.
Avery, who was also a subject of "Making a Murderer", is serving a life sentence with no possibility of parole for the murder.
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