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people think that stephen avery is innocent. they made him look like he was a nice person. the evidence is wrong, the evidence is beyond overwhelming. he is guilty. >> the story grip the nation in the series making a murderer. so many americans have learned about it. it has been world -- >> stephen avery and his nephew convicted of murder in the haunted killing of a young phenom photographer. >> i did not do it. >> did you have any kind of vendetta against stephen avery? >> absolutely....

Going to be this case on dateline, and so he told me to watch it, just to see the lawyer. >> that dateline program from august 2011 told the story of ryan ferguson, a young man sitting in prison for a murder that he said he did not commit. attorney kathleen villeneuve was determined to get him out. >> when the trial has been lost, everything has been lost, and youve got somebody innocent, it is like the ultimate challenge i think. >> that is the woman that is going to get stephen out of prison. ...

>> i said, thats the woman thats going to get steven out of prison! >> zellner specializes in wrongful conviction cases and says she is freed many defendants, including ryan ferguson. sandy contacted her, and she joined the case not long after making a murderer came out. we caught up with zellner at a correction no correctional institution when she paid a visit to a bring in 2016. >> million dollar question, do you think you have new evidence that could free steven avery? >> we do, yes. >> zelln...

Everythings been lost, and youve got something. its like the ultimate challenge, i think. >> i said, thats the woman thats going to get stephen out of prison! >> zellner specializes in wrongful conviction cases and says she is freed many defendants, including ryan ferguson. sandy contacted her, and she joined the case not long after making a murderer came out. we caught up with zellner at a correction no correctional institution when she paid a visit to a bring in 2016. >> million dollar questio...

She joined the case not long after "making a murderer" came out. she paid a visit to avery in early 2016. million-dollar question, do you think you have new evidence that could free steven avery? >> we do, yeah. >> reporter: zellner invited "dateline" into this war room she created in her office outside of chicago, all dedicated to the avery case. >> do we know if that was tested? >> and she even showed us this rav4 she bought to get a better understanding of teresas vehicle. and in 2016, she fi...

Says she has freed many defendants, including ryan ferguson. sandy contacted her and she joined the case not long after "making a murderer" came out. we caught up with her when she made a visit in early 2016. million-dollar question, do you think you have new evidence that could free steven avery? >> we do, yeah. >> reporter: zellner invited "dateline" into this war room she created in her office outside of chicago, all dedicated to the avery case. >> do we know if that was tested? >> and she ev...

Wrongful conviction cases and says she has freed many defendants, including ryan ferguson. sandy contacted her, and she joined the case not long after "making a murderer" came out. we caught up with her at the correctional institution when she paid a visit to avery in $2016. >> million question. do you think you have new evidence that could free steven avery? >> we do, yeah. >> reporter: zellner invited "dateline" into this war room she created outside of chicago, all dedicated to the avery case...

>> i said thats the woman thats going to get steven out of prison. >> she works on wrongful conviction cases and has freed many defends, including ryan ferguson. she joined the case not long after "making a murderer" came out. she paid a visit to avery in early 2016. million-dollar question, do you think you have new evidence that could free steven avery? >> we do, yeah. >> reporter: zellner invited "dateline" into this war room she created in her office outside of chicago, all dedicated to the ...

Wrongful conviction cases and says shes freed 18 defendants, including ryan ferguson. sandy contacted her and she joined the case not long after "making a murderer" came out. we caught up with zellner at the correctional institute when she paid a visit to avery in 2016. >> million dollar question. do you think you have new evidence that could free steven avery? >> we do, yeah. >> zellner invited "dateline" into this war room she created in her office outside chicago. all dedicated to the avery c...

Said she searched for years to find the right attorney to take his case. during a call from prison, avery told her to watch "dateline." >> he had heard that there was going to be this ryan ferguson case on "dateline." he told me to watch it, just to see the lawyer. >> that "dateline" program from august 2011, told the story of ryan ferguson, a young man sitting in prison for a murder he said he didnt commit. attorney kathleen zellner was determined to get him out. >> nothings as riveting as this...