What You Should Know About Netflix’s ‘Making a Murderer’

6. Avery’s Alleged Co-Conspirator Was Kind of Railroaded

Four months after the investigation began, in March of 2006, Calumet police announced that they’d secured a confession from Avery’s accomplice, his nephew Brendan Dassey. It was later revealed that this confession was coerced from then 16-year-old Dassey — whose IQ is under 70 — over the course of four hours in which he was questioned by police without a parent or a lawyer present. Furthermore, the attorney appointed to defend Dassey, Len Kachinsky, is a total tool who did basically nothing to determine whether his client was innocent or guilty. In an attempt to get the case off of his books as rapidly as possible, he did nothing more than forcefully arrange for Dassey to confirm the police’s story. For his trouble, Dassey is now serving a life sentence for his inclusion in the crime.