Is Brendan Dassey Guilty

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Is Brendan Dassey guilty? The issue of the murder of Teresa Halbach is important because 16 year old Brendan Dassey is accused of rape and 1st degree murder. This is debatable because some believe that Brendan along with his uncle Steven Avery were the killers and rapist of Teresa Halbach, while others feel the suspect is still on the streets. A reason why people believe Steven Avery is the suspect is because of the few minor incidents that has happened in the past.
Others look past those and feel Mr. Avery is innocent, Brendan has no criminal record up until the investigation of the death of Teresa Halbach. My opinion on this is that Brendan Dassey is innocent. He is a young kid with a whole life ahead of him, why would a young kid do something so horrific? I firmly believe that Brendan may have been a victim of it as well as Teresa Halbach. I feel that he did go over to the residence and was threatened by the killer that …show more content…

They also interrogated Mr. Dassey illegally, they had excused him from the school he was attending and brought him down the Police department with no parent and/or attorney present. By law interviewing a juvenile they must have a parent and/or attorney present during questioning and they failed to contact either a parent or attorney. This had happened multiple times, they interviewed at the school also at the police station. Also when Brendan’s attorney had asked what had been said, the investigators withheld the information that Brendan had spoke about. They should've released the information to his attorney when requested. Many experts have weighed in on the matter including Steven Avery’s defense attorney Dean Strang. “ i don’t know why they feel they need to lock up a bright young man. He didn’t do it. He doesn’t have the mindset to ever do such a thing.” Brendan needed guidance in school with homework and daily work. He did not catch on to things real

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