Updated: Nephew in ‘Making a Murderer’ has conviction thrown out

MADISON, Wis. — A judge overturned the conviction of a Wisconsin man found guilty of helping his uncle kill a woman in a case profiled in the Netflix series “Making a Murderer,” ruling that investigators coerced a confession using deceptive tactics. In his ruling Friday, U.S. Magistrate William Duffin in Milwaukee ordered Brendan Dassey freed […]