Much has been made about the cognitive challenges faced by Steven Avery’s nephew, Brendan Dassey, whose videotaped confessions in the Teresa Halbach murder were challenged aggressively in court. Although a federal appeals court eventually ruled the confessions were voluntary (rejecting …
Read MoreThe spread between yields on Italian and German bonds climbed to its highest level in almost five years on Friday. Gap between German 10-year and Italian 10-year now stands at almost 3.4 percentage points. Widening of spread comes as Rome …
Read MoreStephen Colbert spent a good two minutes discussing the new self-lubricating condoms on Thursday’s Late Show before gracefully pivoting to the latest development with white supremacy. “White supremacists are chugging milk because they want to draw attention to a genetic …
Read MoreTheresa May leaves Brussels with no significant progress in Brexit talks. The UK prime minister is under pressure to break key Brexit promises in order to get a deal. Conservative MPs on all sides of the party are losing patience …
Read MoreLaura Nirider, the lawyer for Brendan Dassey, is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Law who is a project co-director for the Center on Wrongful Convictions of Youth. Dassey, then a teenager, was convicted in 2007, along with his uncle Steven …
Read MoreBrendan Dassey gained a lot of sympathy – and his conviction generated world-wide outrage – from many viewers of the first Making a Murderer series on Netflix. Unlike his uncle, Steven Avery, who was convicted of murdering photographer Teresa Halbach …
Read MorePresident Trump has landed on a familiar theme to try to rev up Republican enthusiasm heading into the final stretch of the 2018 campaign: Immigration. And specifically, Latin Americans crossing illegally into the U.S. via the U.S.-Mexico border. Immigration was …
Read MoreTheresa May is running out of options to secure her survival and the passage of a Brexit deal. Conservative MPs are threatening to torpedo her plans. The only viable option left open to her is to change course and accept …
Read MoreKathleen Zellner is the feisty and outspoken appellate attorney for Making a Murderer 2’s Steven Avery. She wasn’t featured in the first season, but she’s front-and-center in the sequel. Avery’s nephew, Brendan Dassey, obtained temporary vindication before a federal magistrate, …
Read MoreTeresa Halbach, the young Wisconsin photographer who was murdered in a case featured in the Making a Murderer series on Netflix, was raised on a dairy farm and was close to her large tight-knit family. The remnants of Teresa’s final …
Read MoreKathleen Zellner, Steven Avery’s feisty post-conviction lawyer, is expected to be heavily featured in Making a Murderer 2. That has some people wondering about Zellner’s own family and where she has a husband. Is Kathleen Zellner married? The answer is …
Read MoreA Chechen warlord is unhappy with the UFC fighter Zubaira Tukhugov’s behaviour at UFC 229. Tukhugov was one of Khabib Nurmagomedov’s teammates who was seen on video invading the UFC octagon and attacking Conor McGregor after the Irishman’s stunning loss. …
Read MoreAngela Sutkiewicz is a Wisconsin judge who has denied Steven Avery’s motions for a new trial. Avery’s case is being resurrected again by Netflix on October 19, 2018 in Making a Murderer Season 2. The first Making a Murderer series …
Read MoreGood morning! Here’s what you need to know in markets on Friday. 1. Asian rebounded from declines on Friday as China’s efforts to bolster investor confidence helped its share markets rally. Data showing China’s economy growing at the slowest pace …
Read MoreSteven Avery’s post-conviction lawyer has accused Bobby Dassey in court filings of possibly being the person who accessed a CD that she says shows searches for pornographic images from the Internet, including dead and mutilated women who were raped and …
Read MoreKen Kratz, the former district attorney for Calument County in Wisconsin, quickly gained prominence for trying the infamous Wisconsin v. Steven Avery case that the original 2015 Making a Murderer documentary was based on. Kratz’s role in the Steven Avery …
Read MoreRyan Hillegas, Teresa Halbach’s ex-boyfriend, was one of the people involved in the search for the young photographer whose death was dissected in Making a Murderer on Netflix. He comes up several ways in trial testimony, and he’s become one …
Read MoreDelores and Allan Avery, Steven Avery’s parents, remain some of Steven Avery’s biggest supporters, and have worked tirelessly to try to fund Steven’s legal defense team. Their story has been considered one of the “sadder” aspects of Avery’s case, and …
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