13-08-2016 00:32 via 10tv.com

US court orders release of Brendan Dassey in 'Making a Murderer'

A federal judge in Wisconsin on Friday overturned the conviction of a man found guilty of helping his uncle kill a woman in a case profiled in the Netflix documentary series "Making a Murderer," ruling that investigators used deceptive tactics in obtaining a confession.U.S. Magistrate William Duffin overturned Brendan Dassey's conviction and ordered him freed within 90 days unless prosecutors decide to retry him. The state Department of Justice, which handled the case, declined to comment.Duffin
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