welcome back to dateline. i m craig melvin. investigators deny they framed steven avery for the murder of teresa halbach. after all, his nephew, brendan, confessed. here with more of our story is andrea canning. all the renewed attention in the steven avery saga has shed light on the other defendant in the case brendan dassey. the teenager had been convicted of rape and murder, but to his family, none of it ever made any sense. is brendan someone capable of rape? no. no. i don t even think he knew what that was at the time. in 2008, attorneys took up dassey s case for his appeal.
i m craig melvin. investigator tom fassbender deny police framed steven avery for the murder of teresa halbach. after all, avery s nephew brendan dassey admitted helping his uncle commit the crime, a story on camera. but the teen later recanted and a closer look at the confession would put the confession at the heart of the controversy surrounding this case. here again is andrea canning. all the renewed attention in the steven avery saga has shed light on the other defendant in the case brendan dassey. the teenager had been convicted of rape and murder, but to his family, none of it ever made any sense. is brendan someone capable of rape? no. no. i don t even think he knew what that was at the time. in 2008, attorneys took up dassey s case for his appeal. they saw a mentally challenged teen with a low i.q.
no. no. i don t even think he knew what that was at the time. in 2008, attorneys took up dassey s case for his appeal. they saw a mentally challenged teen with a low i.q. how do you spell garage? g-a-r-a-g-e. what did you think of brendan dassey when you were able to meet him in person? brendan is a simple soul. i was struck by his humanity. this is not somebody i could see committing a crime like this. that s the psychological power of interrogation. the two attorneys are based at the northwestern school of law in chicago. they ve worked to free a number of wrongfully convicted defendants and say what they learned about dassey s case astounded them. nobody was in brendan dassey s corner at the moment he needed help the most. beginning, they say, with this man. give me one word to describe len
welcome back to dateline. i m craig melvin. investigators deny they framed steven avery for the murder of teresa halbach. afterall, his nephew, brendan, confessed. but did he tell detectives the truth or what he thought they wanted to hear? here with more of our story is andrea canning. all the renewed attention in the steven avery saga has shed light on the other defendant in the case brendan dassey. the teenager had been convicted of rape and murder, but to his family, none of it ever made any sense. and brendan someone capable of rape? no. no. i don t even think he knew what that was at the time. in 2008, attorneys took up dassey s case for his appeal. they saw a mentally challenged
and brendan someone capable of rape? no. no. i don t even think he knew what that was at the time. in 2008, attorneys took up dassey s case for his appeal. they saw a mentally challenged teen with a low iq. how do you spell garage? g-a-r-a-g-e. what did you think of brendan dassey when you were able to meet him in person? brendan is a simple soul. i was struck by his humanity. this is not somebody i could see committing a crime like that. that s the psychological power of interrogation. the two attorneys are based at the northwestern school of law outside chicago. they ve worked to free a number of wrongfully convicted defendants and say what they learned about dassey s case astounded them. nobody was in brendan dassey s corner at the moment he needed help the most. beginning, they say, with this man. gimme one word to describe len kachinsky. unbelievable.