PhotoA federal appeals court on Thursday blocked the release of Brendan Dassey, one of the subjects of Netflix’s “Making a Murderer,” from a prison in Wisconsin while the state appeals a judge’s decision to overturn his conviction on murder and sexual assault charges. Mr. Dassey, 27, was to be freed by 8 p.m. on Friday from Columbia Correctional Institution in Portage, Wis., after a federal judge, William E. Duffin, overturned his conviction in August and ordered his release on Monday. Mr. Dassey was found guilty in 2007 of participating in the killing of Teresa Halbach, a 25-year-old photographer, in Manitowoc, Wis. On Monday, Judge Duffin ruled that Mr. Dassey should be freed while the state’s appeals process played out, writing that prosecutors had failed to demonstrate that he would be a threat to the community and citing Mr. Dassey’s “exceedingly benign” disciplinary record in prison. Get the Morning Briefing by Email What you need to know to start your day, delivered to your inbox Monday through Friday.

Source: New York Times November 17, 2016 18:47 UTC