Since sentencing in 2007, Steven has been at Boscobel, Wisconsin’s most secure prison, 200 miles from Avery’s Auto Salvage. Making a Murderer s1e10: Fighting for Their Lives, caption
According to news reports, the allegations of the women who come forward range from sending inappropriate text messages to Kratz [prosecutor] inviting a woman on a date to an autopsy. Ken Kratz seeks treatment for prescription drug dependence and sexual addiction. In October 2010 he resigns from office, ending his involvement in Steven’s and Brendan’s case. ibid.
With his State appeals exhausted, Steven is no longer entitled to appoint counsel and is left without a lawyer. ibid.
Since Steven Avery and Brendan Dassey are both State prisoners, the president cannot pardon them. A pardon in this case would need to be issued at the State level by the appropriate authorities. Making a Murderer s2e1: Number 18, White House response to petition
Steven Avery has a new profile lawyer: Kathleen Zellner. ibid. television news
The idea of a speaking tour came up. ibid. Buting
A case of gross extreme egregious prosecutorial misconduct. ibid. Zellner
Laura and Steve use Brendan’s case to educate the public about the causes of false confessions and ways to prevent them. Making a Murderer s2e2: Words & Words Only, caption
We’ve got the blood planted in the car, we’ve got the key in the bedroom and we’ve got Brendan Dassey because they’ve planted this story in his brain and got him to agree with it, and that they could have survived through the court system in Wisconsin I think is shocking. ibid. Zellner
Steven has all the hallmarks of someone who is innocent … I’d bet my life on Steven Avery being innocent. ibid.
Another visit to Steven Avery. 38 boxes of files reviewed. He remains innocent and framed. Making a Murderer s2e3: A Legal Miracle, Zellner on twitter
There are no photographs of the finding of the bones … The lack of documentation speaks volumes … With the burn-pit they don’t find anything … then magically on the eighth [day] the bones suddenly appear in the burn-pit. They’re so obviously planted. ibid. Zellner
A federal judge has tossed out his [Brendan] murder conviction. ibid. television news
Steven has become the world’s strangest sex symbol now. Making a Murderer s2e4: Welcome to Wisconsin, Chris Spargo, journalist Daily Mail
A tsunami of new evidence is on its way. ibid. Zellner on twitter
But when are they going to release me though? Making a Murderer s2e5: What + Why = Who? Brendan Dassey’s call to parents
Brendan Dassey will remain in prison pending the outcome of an appeal. ibid. TMJ4 television news
I can’t believe they didn’t have a blood splatter expert. ibid. Zellner’s associate
The thing that’s suspicious about the DNA is the quantity of it … There was too much DNA on the key … The defense had no DNA rebuttal expert. Making a Murderer s2e6: Everything Takes Time, Zellner
This is item crime lab designation FL and it is a lead bullet fragment. Making a Murderer s2e7: Item FL, Sherry Culhane, WI state crime lab evidence Avery trial February 2007
If FL went through two layers of thickness of her skull – entrance, exit – there would absolutely be bone fragments in the lead. ibid. Zellner
In a 1,272-page motion for post-conviction relief Kathleen Zellner lays out her evidence fighting for what she says is justice for Steven Avery. Making a Murderer s2e8: Special Care
False confessions are anathema to the judicial process … Psychologically manipulative interrogation techniques … No reasonable court could have any confidence that this was a voluntary confession. ibid. appeal judges’ 2/1 majority verdict
Bobby Dassey [witness] was lying. ibid. Zellner
Neither the prosecution nor the defense called Bryan Dassey to testify at Steven’s trial. ibid. caption
Brady Violation (Evidence Withheld): No report documenting conversation that RAV4 was driven onto Radandt quarry; Detective Valie’s report about Dassey computed withheld; No report documenting witness spotting RAV4 off of Avery property. Making a Murderer s2e9: Friday Nite, caption
On September 18 2017 Kathleen meets with the prosecutors in Madison and informs them of the evidence she has developed since filing her petition three months earlier. The prosecutors agree that Kathleen can amend her petition and agree to release additional evidence to her for testing. Making a Murderer s2e10: Trust No One, caption
What the state said happened to her isn’t remotely close to what happened to her. ibid. Zellner
The District Court’s grant of habeas [corpus] relief is reversed. ibid. Judge Hamilton, majority En Banc opinion
Dassey will spend the rest of his life in prison because of the injustice this court has decided to leave unredressed. I respectfully dissent. ibid. Judge Wood, dissented En Banc opinion
‘He said, Now I’m going to kill you. How you’re going to die.’ True Crime Central, Murder: Did They Do It?: Steven Avery, victim, Youtube 48.07, 2023
Avery is a one-man crime wave. He’s been convicted of burglary twice and then he attacked the deputy’s wife. ibid.
The prosecution has built its whole case around Penny being about to identify Avery … Avery’s got an alibi. ibid.
‘A deputy at the sheriff’s department said that the composite sketch was basically drawn off the [Avery] mugshot.’ ibid.
[Gregory] Allen was left free to prowl the beach and attack Penny. ibid.
Allen has already served ten years of his sixty-five year sentence for his other assaults. And the DNA match nails him as the predator that attacked Penny. ibid.
‘How can you possibly apologise adequately for taking away eighteen years of their life?’ ibid. Penny
A massive hunt gets under way for the missing photographer [Teresa Halbach]. Two days later investigators make a chilling discovery … ‘Her car keys are in his room’ … a week after the original search. ibid.
His claims he has been set up again. ibid.