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Making a Murderer subject Brendan Dassey will not be released from prison after a panel of federal appellate judges upheld a motion filed by Wisconsin prosecutors to keep him in jail as they appeal his overturned conviction, The Associated Press reports.

Dassey and his uncle, Stephen Avery, were given life sentences for the murder and sexual assault of Teresa Halbach. The Netflix docu-series Making a Murderer about the case cast doubt on the convictions and suggested that the two were framed.

While Avery remains in prison, Dassey's conviction was overturned...

Netflix announced Monday it is in production on more episodes of Making a Murder, the Emmy-nominated series about a murder in Wisconsin and the controversial conviction of two people for the crime.

Following the announcement, Laura H. Nirider, the lawyer for Brendan Dassey, the nephew of Stephen Avery who was convicted of the 2005 murder of Theresa Halbach along with Avery, tells People Dassey, now 26, is "hopeful." Dassey is still behind bars and is challenging his imprisonment as unlawful, and is hoping to receive a new trial, Nirider says.

"He is hopeful," Nirider explains. "What gives him hope is the letters...

Netflix announced Monday it is in production on more episodes of Making a Murder, the Emmy-nominated series about a murder in Wisconsin and the controversial conviction of two people for the crime. Following the announcement, Laura H. Nirider, the lawyer for Brendan Dassey, the nephew of Stephen Avery who was convicted of the 2005 murder of Theresa Halbach along with Avery, tells People Dassey, now 26, is "hopeful." Dassey is still behind bars and is challenging his imprisonment as unlawful, and is hoping to receive a new trial, Nirider says. "He is hopeful," Nirider explains. "What gives him hope is the letters...

Netflix announced Monday it is in production on more episodes of Making a Murder, the Emmy-nominated series about a murder in Wisconsin and the controversial conviction of two people for the crime. Following the announcement, Laura H. Nirider, the lawyer for Brendan Dassey, the nephew of Stephen Avery who was convicted of the 2005 murder of Theresa Halbach along with Avery, tells People Dassey, now 26, is "hopeful." Dassey is still behind bars and is challenging his imprisonment as unlawful, and is hoping to receive a new trial, Nirider says. "He is hopeful," Nirider explains. "What gives him hope is the letters...

The team behind Netflix’s Making a Murderer is responding to criticism that they left out key information in an effort to preserve the narrative that Steven Avery was framed.

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“We’re documentary filmmakers, we’re not prosecutors. We’re not defense attorneys,” executive producer/director Laura Ricciardi said Sunday at the Television Critics Association winter press tour in Pasadena. “We did not set out to convict or exonerate anyone. We set out to examine the justice system and how it’s functioning today.”

Ricciardi admitted that,...