Story highlights The White House says President Obama can't pardon Steven Avery, Brendan Dassey

A pardon would have to come from the state, it says

(CNN) A petition to get the subjects of the Netflix docuseries "Making a Murderer" pardoned by the president has received a response.

Almost 130,000 signatures were collected on a White House petition asking President Obama to grant Steven Avery and Brendan Dassey full pardons "for their wrongful conviction in the connection to the murder of Teresa Halbach."

The pair are in prison for that death, and the popular Netflix series has raised questions regarding their arrests and convictions.

An official response from the White House begins, "Thank you for signing a We the People petition on the Teresa Halbach murder case, currently featured on the "Making a Murderer" documentary series. We appreciate your interest in this case."

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