if everything dassey said in the confession was true. we didn t try to manipulate brendan. we tried to get at the truth. and i don t believe that it was a false confession. are there parts of it that he may have not done? i don t know. you know, i just don t know. in august of 2016, a federal judge weighed in with a bombshell. in response to a brief filed by dassey s attorneys, judge william duffin ruled that brendan dassey s confession was involuntary. with that, the judge overturned his conviction and ordered dassey to be released from prison. what was that like for you, hearing that news? mixed emotions. i know we did everything above board, that one magistrate rules that it isn t fine, in his
that i you know, that is partly why i m here is to explain there was nothing nefarious done. reporter: even fassbender wonders if everything dassey said in the confession was true. we didn t try to manipulate brendan. we tried to get at the truth and i don t believe that it was a false confession. are there parts of it that he may have not done? i don t know. you know? i just don t know. reporter: in august of 2016, a federal judge weighed in with a bombshell in response to a brief filed by dassey s attorneys, judge william dunen ruled that dassey s confession was involuntary. with that the judge overturned his conviction and ordered dassey to be released from prison. what was that like for you hearing that news? mixed emotions.
but even fassbender wonders if everything dassey said in the confession was true. we didn t try to manipulate brendan. we tried to get at the truth. and i don t believe that it was a false confession. are there parts of it that he may have not done? i don t know. you know, i just don t know. in august of 2016, a federal judge weighed in with a bombshell. in response to a brief filed by dassey s attorneys, judge william duffin ruled that brendan dassey s confession was involuntary. with that, the judge overturned his conviction and ordered dassey to be released from prison. what was that like for you, hearing that news? mixed emotions. i know we did everything above board, that one magistrate rules that it isn t fine, in his
here, to explain that there was nothing nefarious done. but even fassbender wonders if everything dassey said in the confession was true. we didn t try to manipulate brendan. we tried to get at the truth. and i don t believe that it was a false confession. are there parts of it that he may have not done? i don t know. you know, i just don t know. in august of 2016, a federal judge weighed in with a bombshell. in response to a brief filed by dassey s attorneys, judge william duffin ruled that brendan dassey s confession was involuntary. with that, the judge overturned his conviction and ordered dassey to be released from prison. what was that like for you, hearing that news? mixed emotions. i know we did everything above
just that it s easy to arm chair quarterback. it s easy to second-guess. that i that s partly why i m here, to explain that there was nothing nefarious done. but even fassbender wonders if everything dassey said in the confession was true. we didn t try to manipulate brendan. we tried to get at the truth. and i don t believe that it was a false confession. are there parts of it that he may have not done? i don t know. you know, i just don t know. in august of 2016, a federal judge weighed in with a bombshell. in response to a brief filed by dassey s attorneys, judge william duffin ruled that brendan dassey s confession was involuntary. with that, the judge overturned his conviction and ordered