Making a Murderer's Brendan Dassey's Lawyers Filed Appeal On Charges

Netflix docu-series Making a Murderer has grown in popularity with the chilling details of the case. While Steven Avery, a Manitowoc resident who is currently serving time for the murder of photographer Teresa Holbach, is currently battling the legal system to clear his name, not a word has been mentioned about his nephew Brendan Dassey who was also convicted. Now it seems as if Dassey may have a way out with his lawyers filing an appeal on his case.

From the beginning Avery has stated that he was innocent. Although the court ruled against him he hasn't stopped trying to become a free man. After the case went public, many attorneys such as his lawyer Kathleen Zellner have stepped in to help him prove his innocence. While Avery seems to have a strong team working in his favor, Dassey has seemed to be forgotten -- at least until now.

In the series, Dassey was portrayed as a kid who was not that bright and could be easily taken advantage of. After admitting to helping his uncle carry out the rape, murder and dismemberment of Holbach, many people were quick to rush to judgment without looking at the situation appropriately.

It has been widely argued that Dassey's confession should have been thrown out due to the manipulative nature of law enforcement officials who have questioned him.

Now Dassey's post-conviction attorneys have filed a federal appeal in hopes to convince the courts that the confession was coerced. Laura Nirider, one of the 16-year-old's lead attorneys, believes without a doubt that Dassey was manipulated into making a coerced confession.

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"The moment I watched that tape, I wanted to jump into that TV screen and get between that child and the officers who were interrogating him," Nirider tells ABC News. "What you have here are police officers who are using psychological interrogation tactics that were designed for seasoned adult criminals on a 16-year-old with intellectual limitations."

Dassey's current attorneys have filed their appeal in October 2014 and are still awaiting word from a judge on whether or not to grant him a hearing. If an appeal is granted, Nirider's plan of action is to break down Dassey's videotaped confession detail at a time to display how law enforcement officials manipulated Dassey.

Nirider has shared that since Making a Murderer has been released, Dassey has received hundreds of letters of support from people around the world. That support is what is keeping him going and hopeful of one day being freed.