A U.S. appeals panel on Thursday affirmed a lower court ruling that the confession of a young Wisconsin man convicted of helping his uncle murder a woman was coerced, The Associated Press reported. A federal judge had overturned the conviction of Brendan Dassey, a subject of the Netflix documentary “Making a Murderer,” for the murder and sexual assault of Teresa Halbach. This is a developing story and will be updated.

Source: Huffington Post June 22, 2017 20:03 UTC