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Bushnell is a member of the Midwest Innocence Project and Zellner (pictured) is a lawyer whose practice has gotten 16 men exonerated. Both want to add Avery to Zellner's long list of wrongful conviction exonerations.
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A federal judge ruled that Dassey's confession was involuntary due to his age, mental stability, and lack of an advising adult. He is ordered to be released within 90 days unless a new trial is scheduled.
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Brad Schimel (pictured), the Attorney General of Wisconsin, filed a motion to block Dassey's release pending the outcome of his appeal.
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The judge used several claims to dismiss the motion and said Avery and his lawyer's had "failed to establish" any reason for a new trial.
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The 7th U.S. Circuit voted 4-to-3 to uphold Brendan Dassey's (pictured) conviction. Members of the circuit were split on if the confession was coerced and reasonable. A three judge panel upheld the overturning before the state asked for them to review, leading to the December 2017 decision.
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The filing says that the precedent was "unreasonably" applied when held to a confession made by someone with intellectual and social limitations was voluntary.
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The Supreme Court denied their plea to get involved in the case. As is customary, no reason was given.
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Avery's team filed a 599-page affidavit asking to supplement the record with new evidence. Zellner said the evidence was previously suppressed, especially data from a family computer.
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Avery's motion was granted on the grounds of bones found in a gravel pit that were given to Hallbach's family without DNA testing. This is a violation of state and federal law.
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The judge said Avery did not establish that the law for preserving evidence was violated or that his constitutional rights were violated. They will now be going to appeals.
