MILWAUKEE -- As ordered to do so by a federal appeals court panel, a federal judge on Tuesday, January 9th dismissed Brendan Dassey’s appeal, according to our news partners at FOX11Online.com.



The required procedural move by the judge clears the way for Dassey to appeal his conviction for the 2005 murder of Teresa Halbach to the U.S. Supreme Court.



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