Law enforcement went after a child to help frame Steven Avery who filed a civil action against Manitowoc County in east-central Wisconsin for its first wrongful conviction of Avery for which he was exonerated, (LaVigne and Miles, Under the Hood: Brendan Dassey, Language Impairments, and Judicial Ignorance)
Not one Wisconsin cop has ever stood up and said, 'Wait a minute. This former kid didn't do anything. We as the state of Wisconsin are destroying the life of this innocent in plain sight, and we have sanctioned the police molesting a child, and we have forever traumatized Brendan Dassey. This has to stop — right now.'
Stopping this sickening injustice right now is what Dassey's attorney, Laura Nirider, is calling for in an emergency application for clemency filed this week with Wisconsin Gov Tony Evers (D), and reported by CBS This Morning moments ago.
Reports CBS:
Dassey's legal options have been exhausted. But now, his attorney Laura Nirider is turning to Wisconsin's new Democratic governor, Tony Evers. "We're filing a petition for executive clemency with Governor Tony Evers of Wisconsin," Nirider told "CBS This Morning" co-host Anthony Mason.
In 2007, Dassey and his uncle Steven Avery were sentenced to life in prison for Halbach's murder. The burned remains of the 25-year-old photographer were found on the Avery family property, along with her key and car. Avery, whose blood was found in that car, has claimed he was framed.
At the time of Halbach's murder, Avery was suing Manitowoc County and its former sheriff. He'd been released from prison in 2003, after DNA evidence exonerated him of a rape charge for which he'd served 18 years.
Dassey's case became a sensation when Netflix released "Making a Murderer." Amid the murder investigation, Dassey, who is intellectually limited, was interviewed by police four times in 48 hours without a lawyer or parent present. The 16-year-old eventually confessed to helping his uncle rape and kill Halbach, but Nirider said Dassey was fed information by investigators.
Dassey quickly recanted his confession -- first, to his mother, while still in the interrogation room. "They got to my head," he told her.
In a podcast episode released Wednesday, Dassey spoke from prison with Jason Flom, host of the podcast "Wrongful Conviction." It's his first interview since going to prison.
Flom is a music executive who's behind the careers of starts like Katy Perry and Lorde. But as a member of the board of the Innocence Project, he also fights for criminal justice reform – and he told Mason that he's "absolutely certain" that Dassey is innocent.
"I just wanted it all over with, so I said whatever they wanted to hear, you know?" Dassey told Flom on the podcast.
"Most people grow up, as I did, with believing that the law enforcement are out to help us, right? They're the people you call when you need help. Did you have that same idea when you went in there?" Flom asked.
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The silence from Wisconsin law enforcement is a shrieking injustice.
The silence from every elected local and state official in Wisconsin is worse.
Now, Tony Evers is thrust into the spot-light of truth. What will Evers do?
I don't believe in Tony Evers as a man, as an intellect, or a human being with a moral center.
But as the years and life-blood of Brendan Dassey slip away, we must try to help free the innocent; we must speak the truth in a state where police celebrate the destruction of innocent children. Note Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen (R) (2007-2015) announced on May 2, 2008, Wiegert and Fassbender, received the Meritorious Service Award from the Wisconsin Association of Homicide Investigators, for their work against Dassey.
Most people do grow up believing that law enforcement are out to help us.
In Wisconsin, this is a dangerous belief.
Call Tony Evers right now and demand justice for Brendan Dassey:
Madison Office: 608 266 1212
Milwaukee Office: 414 227 4344
Brendan Dassey co-counsel former Solicitor General of the United States Seth Waxman speaks to this profound injustice & how we all felt when first watching Brendan’s interrogation #bringbrendanhome pic.twitter.com/tnNNkAwMWS— Tracy Keogh (@TracyKeogh2) October 2, 2019
@GovEvers , Time to grow up, face the world. The Dassey interrogation and prosecution are what happens when pols avert their eyes from molestation of innocent children. Are you so committed to sticking your head in the sand while the life-blood of a now 29-year-old drips away? https://t.co/d9xOSvvS51— Michael Leon (@mal644) October 3, 2019
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