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Brendan Dassey And The Murder Of Teresa Halbach

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Intro Brendan Dassey and his uncle Steven Avery were convicted of the murder of Teresa Halbach. It was Brendan's confession to police that Inevitably put him behind bars, however, there is still doubt on the legitimacy of his confession to the Manitowoc Police Department. Background Brendan Dassey was a quiet teenager with a below average intelligence. On Wednesday, March 1st, 2006 Brendan is taken from school by police. His cousin, Kayla Dassey was responsible for telling a school counselor that Steven Avery had asked one of her cousins to help him move a body. The school naturally called the police and Brendan was interrogated. During the interrogation, Brendan acted very nervously …show more content…

Brendan Dassey’s greatest injustice was being appointed the defense attorney Len Kravinsky, who to put it bluntly, was an abomination as an attorney. He never even wanted to help Brendan nor give him a fair trial with a decent defense. He was working against Brendan the whole time by aiding the prosecution. He had his private investigator Mike O'Kelly meet with Brendan and try to get him to apologize for killing Teresa Halbach knowing that apologizing for an action can be perceived as guilty in court. His job was to defend Brendan by proving Brendan's confession to be false, by showing no evidence facilitated his story and also to prove that there was no physical evidence linking Brendan to any crimes. Len Kravinsky had the job to defend a 16-year-old kid, and he failed. However, the State failed Brendan even more than Len by not accepting his request for a new lawyer at a sooner time. Brennan's trial was the equivalent of David versus Goliath if David was blindfolded and had both hands tied behind his

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