"Making a Murderer" star Brendan Dassey will walk free by the end of the week after a judge rejected the state's request to keep him in prison. Steven Avery's nephew will be released no later than Nov. 18, Friday, at 8 p.m. after U.S. Magistrate Judge William Duffin dismissed Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel's request to stay his release.
"In the motion to stay the respondent largely reargues the same points already considered and rejected by the court in deciding Dassey's motion for release," ABC News quoted Judge Duffin as saying in the order issued on Nov. 16, Wednesday. "The court finds that reconsideration of these arguments yields the same conclusion."
The motion to block Dassey's release was filed on Nov. 15, Tuesday, days after the judge ordered that the 27-year-old be released from prison while he awaits a decision on his appeal. Even though Dassey will be a free man by Friday, he is not allowed to travel outside of the court's Eastern District of Wisconcin, possess a weapon or any controlled substances. Dassey is also prohibited from contacting Avery or the family of victim Teresa Halbach, according to NBC News.
In 2007, Dassey and Avery were found guilty of murdering Halbach in 2005, a case which became the subject of Netflix's documentary series, "Making a Murderer." Dassey was sentenced to life imprisonment but a judge overturned his conviction this August after finding out that the police used questionable methods to get a confession out of the then-teenage Dassey.
In spite of the judge's order, Schimel has expressed his intention to file an emergency motion in the US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit "seeking a stay of this release order and requesting relief by Friday." Footage from "Making a Murderer" played an instrumental role in the overturning of Dassey's conviction. The series is expected to return for a second season and will include these new developments in the case.
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