it is beyond overwhelming. steven avery is guilty. the story gripped the nation in the series, of making a murder. so many citizens it s being heard by people around the world. steven avery and his nephew, convicted of murder and a hunting killing of the young photographer. where they really in dissent? i didn t do it. somebody is doing a job on me. did you have any vendetta against avery? absolutely not. for the first time on television, lead investigator defenses interrogation that led to a conviction. this is seen by many as a false confession. there was a real confession. he knew reference. those officers wanted that information in the worst way. they got it in the worse way. that prosecutor fights back with an explosive book. people are going to hear the other side of the story. and a promise from steven avery s high powered new return. do you have evidence that could free steven avery? we do. welcome to dateline. it s an extraordina
craig melvin: the story gripped the nation in the series making a murderer. so many americans have learned about it. laura nirider: it s being heard by people around the world. craig melvin: steven avery and his nephew, convicted of murder and the haunting killing of a young photographer. but were they really innocent? andrea canning: did you have any kind of vendetta against steven avery? absolutely not. craig melvin: for the first time on television, a lead investigator defends his interrogation which led to a conviction overturned. andrea canning: this was seen by many as a false confession. i feel it was a real confession. he knew right from wrong. laura nirider: those officers wanted that information in the worst way, and they got it in the worst way. craig melvin: the prosecutor fights back with an explosive book. people are going to hear the other side of the story. craig melvin: and a promise from steven avery s high-powered, new attorney. andrea canning: do you thi
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supporters have been hoping for good news and they couldn t know it, yet but help was just around the corner. he s very gentle and very loving. sandy is avery s longtime friend and one-time fiancé. convinced of his innocence, she said she searched for years to find the right attorney to take on his complicated case. during a call from prison, a re-told her to watch dateline. he heard there was going to be this right in ferguson case on dateline, and he told me to watch it just to see the lawyer. that dateline program, from august 2011, told a story of ryan ferguson, a young man sitting in prison for a murder he said he didn t commit. attorney kathleen zellner was determined to get him out. nothing as riveting as this, when the trial has been lost, everything s been lost, and you ve got something. it s like the ultimate challenge, i think.
i said, that s the woman that s going to get steven out of prison! zellner specializes in wrongful conviction cases and says she is freed many defendants, including ryan ferguson. sandy contacted her, and she joined the case not long after making a murderer came out. we caught up with zellner at a correction no correctional institution when she paid a visit to a bring in 2016. million dollar question, do you think you have new evidence that could free steven avery? we do, yes. zellner invited dateline into this war room she created in her office outside of chicago. all dedicated to the avery case. do we know if that was tested? and she even showed us this rav4 she bought to get a better understanding of teresa s vehicle. then, in august of 2016, too much media fanfare, she filed a motion in manitowoc county court seeking new testing of the evidence. we are going to find out one way or another was the evidence