Nephew in ‘Making a Murderer’ Case Ordered Released

Order of release issued on Monday

UPDATE:

Wisconsin’s Attorney General Brad Schimel plans to file an emergency motion to block the conditional release of Brendan Dassey.

Schimel said in a statement Monday that he will file that motion with the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

ORIGINAL STORY:

A man whose homicide conviction was overturned in a case profiled in the Netflix series, “Making a Murderer,” has been ordered released from prison, while prosecutors appeal.

U.S. Magistrate Judge William Duffin, on Monday, ordered the release of Brendan Dassey. Duffin ruled in August that investigators tricked Dassey into confessing he helped his uncle, Steven Avery, rape, kill, and mutilate photographer, Teresa Halbach in 2005.

Dassey’s supervised release was not immediate and is contingent upon him meeting multiple conditions. He has until noon Tuesday to provide the federal probation and parole officers with the address of where he plans to live.

Dassey was 16 when Halbach died. He is now 27.