A federal appeals court has blocked the release of Brendan Dassey, one of the subjects in Netflix’s documentary series Making a Murderer, just days after a lower court ordered him to be released from prison. On Monday, a US magistrate judge, William Duffin, ordered Dassey to be released under court-ordered supervision, three months after having overturned his conviction. Wisconsin’s attorney general, Brad Schimel, immediately announced he planned to file an emergency motion to block Dassey’s release. Making a Murderer attorneys on the role poverty plays in wrongful convictions Read more“The district courtʹs order releasing appellee Brendan Dassey is stayed pending resolution of this appeal,” the order stated. “This case involves the brutal rape, murder, and mutilation of Teresa Halbach that 16-year-old Brendan Dassey committed with his uncle, Steven Avery,” Schimel wrote.

Source: The Guardian November 17, 2016 19:06 UTC