Petition Demanding Corrupt Wisc Judge Step Aside Gets over 25,000 Sigs; Making a Murderer Case Developments Signal Renewed Hope for Wrongful Conviction Opponents

Update: See new Newsweek piece with comments by Kathleen Zellner.

Madison, Wisconsin — A new legal filing by Wisconsin Attorney General Joshua Kaul (D) frightened people around the world fighting for freedom for the wrongfully convicted Steven Avery and Brendan Dassey, featured in Making a Murderer (WBAY, WLUK).

The serpentine March 29 State filing is trademark Kaul: Hostile to truth, facts and circumstances that saw the State break Wisconsin law concerning evidence preservation, conceal evidence and lie repeatedly about the misconduct, even to the Court and opposing counsel, as part of Kaul's effort to keep innocent men imprisoned.

Advocates are recipients of a message this morning from attorney Kathleen Zellner, renown wrongful conviction fighter representing Steven Avery in post-conviction litigation.

The 11-word message that is posted on Twitter reads: "We reviewed the State's Response yesterday and it made us................SMILE."

We reviewed the State's Response yesterday and it made us................SMILE.@lifeafterten @michellemalkin @Newsweek @RollingStone @guardian #MakingAMurderer2

— Kathleen Zellner (@ZellnerLaw) April 2, 2019

Zellner has this post-conviction litigation gamed out. Her confidence is well-placed, and Kaul is not the first unethical prosecutor Zellner has faced.

The post-conviction ligation, State v. Steven A. Avery, Appeal Number 2017AP002288, has been sent back to Manitowoc County Circuit Court.
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In other developments, the demonstrably conflicted, biased Sheboygan County Circuit Judge Angela Sutkiewicz who is hearing State v. Avery in Manitowoc County Circuit Court as a substitute judge is expected to reject a March 11 motion to recuse herself from the case.

Sutkiewicz knows she has no business anywhere near Steven Avery's litigation that now looks likely to result in exoneration. This is precisely why Sutkiewicz is refusing to budge from State v. Steven A. Avery, Appeal Number 2017AP002288. Sutkiewicz remains hostile to Avery.

Advocates world-wide began a petition in March demanding Sutkiewicz remove herself from the case, citing conflicts.

The petition has now garnered over 25,000 signatures.

The State argued extensively in its filing that Judge Angela Sutkiewicz need not recuse. The prosecution knows it's well-served by a corrupt judge.