State Attorney General Brad Schimel has filed a notice of appeal for the Brendan Dassey case. Read appealDassey, Steven Avery's nephew, was sentenced to life in prison with no parole for 41 years after he was convicted in 2007 of first-degree intentional homicide, second-degree sexual assault and mutilation of a corpse in the killing of Teresa Halbach in Manitowoc County.VIDEO: Wisconsin AG steps in to fight Dassey releaseOn Aug. 12, a federal judge overturned Dassey's conviction.Dassey confessed to helping Avery carry out the rape and murder of Halbach, but attorneys argued that the confession was coerced. "We believe the magistrate judge’s decision that Brendan Dassey’s confession was coerced by investigators, and that no reasonable court could have concluded otherwise, is wrong on the facts and wrong on the law,” Schimel said. “Two state courts carefully examined the evidence and properly concluded that Brendan Dassey’s confession to sexually assaulting and murdering Teresa Halbach with his uncle, Steven Avery, was voluntary, and the investigators did not use constitutionally impermissible tactics.”Schimel's office said the Halbach family has been notified. Dassey, 26, will remain in prison in Portage while the case heads to the federal Court of Appeals in Chicago. There's no date set yet for any proceedings there."Judge (William) Duffin wrote a thoughtful opinion that we are prepared to defend. No one should be surprised. Disappointed, but not surprised," Dassey's attorney, Bob Dvorak, told WISN 12 News.Dassey's uncle, Steven Avery, is also appealing his murder conviction.Avery's lawyer, Kathleen Zellner, has filed a motion asking for the testing and retesting of hundreds of pieces of evidence.She tweeted Friday afternoon, "Wisconsin AG appealing Brendan's decision. Just prolonging the injustice."

State Attorney General Brad Schimel has filed a notice of appeal for the Brendan Dassey case.

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Dassey, Steven Avery's nephew, was sentenced to life in prison with no parole for 41 years after he was convicted in 2007 of first-degree intentional homicide, second-degree sexual assault and mutilation of a corpse in the killing of Teresa Halbach in Manitowoc County.

VIDEO: Wisconsin AG steps in to fight Dassey release

On Aug. 12, a federal judge overturned Dassey's conviction.

Dassey confessed to helping Avery carry out the rape and murder of Halbach, but attorneys argued that the confession was coerced.

"We believe the magistrate judge’s decision that Brendan Dassey’s confession was coerced by investigators, and that no reasonable court could have concluded otherwise, is wrong on the facts and wrong on the law,” Schimel said. “Two state courts carefully examined the evidence and properly concluded that Brendan Dassey’s confession to sexually assaulting and murdering Teresa Halbach with his uncle, Steven Avery, was voluntary, and the investigators did not use constitutionally impermissible tactics.”

Schimel's office said the Halbach family has been notified.

Dassey, 26, will remain in prison in Portage while the case heads to the federal Court of Appeals in Chicago. There's no date set yet for any proceedings there.

"Judge (William) Duffin wrote a thoughtful opinion that we are prepared to defend. No one should be surprised. Disappointed, but not surprised," Dassey's attorney, Bob Dvorak, told WISN 12 News.

Dassey's uncle, Steven Avery, is also appealing his murder conviction.

Avery's lawyer, Kathleen Zellner, has filed a motion asking for the testing and retesting of hundreds of pieces of evidence.

She tweeted Friday afternoon, "Wisconsin AG appealing Brendan's decision. Just prolonging the injustice."



